Brazosport Planetarium

Welcome to the Brazosport Planetarium Website

This is a place where students and adults can come to learn about everything from the far reaches of the Universe to the life of their home planet, Earth.

With our newly redesigned Lobby and Gift Shop, there are lots of things to see and explore, for young and old.

LIVE NASA TV
Watch NASA TV
The Center Home page
Teachers Aides
Schedule
Links

Current Mission:

STS - 123
Launched:

Mar. 11, 2008

Mission Timeline
Current Mission Coverage
Take a Tour!
Look around the Planetarium with the new interactive picture tour. Explore the Dome and see what is there.

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Daily Sunspot Image

Provided by NASA'S SOHO

Current Moon Phase

Brand New!

Our brand new NASA wall, where you can watch Live NASA TV all day every day. Stay Up To Date with what is going on, educational programs for children, and live coverage of the latest discoveries and NASA Launches!

The Planetarium has 72 seats under a 30 foot dome and is equipped with a Spitz Star Ball projector to produce the night sky as it appears to the naked eye, together with a large variety of high tech equipment to give a close- up feel for things like comets, exploding stars, and black holes.
Track the ISS and Space Shuttle Live!
Current position of the ISS, update 15 sec. (credits:http://space.cweb.nl)
In co-operation with Space.cweb.nl we are proud to present a way for you to see where the ISS and Space Shuttle are in real time around the globe.

With this you can see it's path and track it's course as it orbits around our planet.

Viewspace!

ViewSpace is an internet-fed, self-updating, permanent exhibit from the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Located in our Lobby, on a 42 inch Plasma Screen, watch the latest images and videos as we explore our Universe with, Continuous running presentations, Updated news and images from Hubble, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Highlights of Tonight's Sky, Breaking news from other astronomy missions and much more!

Come watch as we explore distant new galaxies and view space like you have never seen before. With coverage of current DeepSpace Missions and the latest images.
Check out the current status of the Rovers on Mars.
ClearSky Clock for Brazosport
Current Events!


NASA's Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds
NASA Edge Looks at Our Future on the Moon
Cassini-Huygens Mission
Making the Transition: Shuttle To Constellation
50th Anniversary of Explorer 1
Remodel of the Planetarium!