The Adler is proud to present this inspiring musical tour of the universe as one of our special contributions to the International Year of Astronomy, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of a telescope to explore the skies.

This compelling video suite blends breathtakingly beautiful astronomical images with the enchanting musical selection 'Pictures at an Exhibition' composed by Mussorgsky in 1874. In creating this unique sensory experience, Adler Astronomer and artist Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado selected spectacular pictures from observatories around the world, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other NASA and European Space Agency spacecraft. He combined these images with animations produced by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Adler Planetarium. This is the first time many of these 3-D images have been seen by the public.

During the show you'll find yourself swooping low across planetary surfaces, drifting through interstellar clouds, spiraling around galactic arms, sweeping past massive black holes, and soaring out among colliding galaxies to the far-reaches of our expanding universe.

Weekday Show Times: 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m.

Weekend Show Times: 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
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Blast off on a space adventure with three starry-eyed houseflies and the crew of Apollo 11 in Fly Me to the Moon at the Adler Planetarium.

Shown in the Adler's newly renovated 3-D Universe Theater, this animated, heart-warming story combines a thrilling space adventure with one of the most amazing moments in human history - the first Apollo Moon landing.

Continue the adventure in the Adler's interactive exhibition Shoot for the Moon. Future space explorers can try their hand at a lunar landing, Moon jump on the Lunar Leap and get a close-up look at the fully restored Gemini 12 spacecraft.

Weekend Show Times:
12:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m.
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