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Countdown to Noon
December 31, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Can’t stay up ’til midnight on New Year’s Eve? You can still put on your dancing shoes and party during the day at Eugene Science Center! Join us for a family-friendly celebration of another orbit around the Sun.
Featuring:
- Count down to blast-off of our 2 ft tall scaled-to-size Apollo Little Joe II Rocket with an E30-4 composite fuel engine (modeled after the NASA spacecraft active in 1963-66). Launching at Noon (dependent upon weather conditions).
- Laser Dance Party in the Planetarium following the rocket launch
- Hands-on activities about the science of fireworks
- Be sure to check out our schedule of laser light shows running all day as well! (Additional charges apply.)
More details to come!