• Science Academy: “ISS Expedition 11”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From April 2005 to October 2005, Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips conducted experiments and did what ...

  • Science Academy: “Ten Mysteries”

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    In a session unlike any that Cadets have seen, the ultimate questions of the Earth, the Milky Way and the Universe are confronted. On this particular occasion, the session may ...

  • Plus Night: “Here in the Milky Way”

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    Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky tour and a game for kids to ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Viking Landers”

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    Fifty years ago these machines departed Earth with a singular goal: to once and for all describe the basic sea level environment of Mars. The 1970s were a sensation of ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

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    Sunset, 7:38pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the New Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while ...

  • Science Academy: “Airplane Design”

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    There's a reason the first "A" in NASA stands for "aeronautic". Stories, songs and poems have archived our personal experience. Aircraft have transformed the way Cadets vacation and the way ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 7:37pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 6° in ...

  • Thomas Detman Collection

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    HRPO will close by at least 8:15pm. HRPO is pleased to present a wealth of materials from the late Thomas R. Detman With intriguing insights into the professional world of ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

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    Cancelled. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 19° in Libra. Please ...

  • Solar Viewing

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    Cancelled. HRPO will close at 1pm. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in hydrogen-alpha ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Aerospace Engineering I”

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    This program offers advanced topics, activity extensions and all-new games and demonstrations to older youth. Certificates are earned and archived as well as modern experiments take place. There are also giveaways ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Rain. HRPO closed at 8pm. Sunset, 7:28pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will be at a ...