MARS Portable Planetarium

04/10/2026

Got to share some of that with a couple hundred people at !
Awesome event with great questions and curious minds!

04/09/2026

Three sneaky planets photobombed the moon! You can see Mars, Saturn, and Mercury in the bottom right, and the constellations Pisces and Pegasus in the background

04/07/2026

Another SpaceX launch out of Vandenberg. The best ones take off just after sunset so when they get high enough the sun still hits the exhaust plume, but the sky is already dark

04/01/2026

We're *finally* going back to the moon! The countdown hits zero at 3:24 Pacific time this afternoon. Artemis 2 will carry 4 astronauts towards the moon, marking the first time humans have gone beyond low earth orbit since 1972. This will pave the way for a future return to the lunar surface. You can watch all the excitement on NASA tv!

03/19/2026

Excitedly waiting for Science Night to start at in Costa Mesa! Hope to see you here!

03/17/2026

Black holes: every schoolchild's favorite space topic, and a MARS Planetarium specialty. Book your school's journey to infinity today!

03/12/2026

It has been a busy couple of weeks! Just in the last 3 weeks we've brought the planetarian to schools in Ventura, Long Beach, Lake Forest, Signal Hill, Redondo Beach, Agoura Hills, Pacioma, and Artesia! Get in touch if you want your school to be next!

01/31/2026

At Alta Loma Elementary in Rancho Cucamonga for Astronomy night!

11/20/2025

We were proud to donate one of the classroom prizes for the most voracious class full of readers!
(see how many Mars spacecraft you can find in our congratulations message!)

MARS Portable Planetarium was a great hit at the Splashdown Celebration.

11/20/2025

Some great moments captured at the Splashdown event for the STEAM Race to Space Reading Challenge. Didn't even need to bring the dome to show off and teach some exciting astronomy topics.
The MARS Planetarium is very proud to have sponsored the reading challenge for its first two years, and looking forward to continuing to encourage kids to explore their interests through reading!

11/12/2025

We do get another chance tonight to see the Aurora, so around 9:00 make sure you check. You don't want to be the only one who misses it! You especially have no excuse if you live up north, are cloud-free, and have dark skies.