The Schenectady Museum presents NASA’s Driven to Explore exhibit in partnership with CMOST for 2 days only: Thursday, July 12 @ 12 – 9PM* & Friday, July 13 @ 12 – 5PM* at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium (*last tickets sold 1 hour before closing). Immerse yourself in the story of NASA: learn why we explore; discover the challenges of human space exploration; and see how NASA provides critical technological advances to improve life on Earth. And touch a 4 billion-year-old moon rock brought back aboard Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon in 1972. The moon rock is one of only eight lunar samples in the world made available for the public to touch. Explore science throughout the Museum with special hands-on activity stations staffed by Museum Educators, CMOST, and other collaborators! Enjoy special Planetarium shows running every half hour throughout the day (July 12, 12:30 - 8PM and July 13, 12:30 - 4:30PM). See space-related objects on display during this event only. Space ice cream available for purchase in the Museum shop and food from other area vendors including: Fast Trax ice cream and kettle corn, Maria’s Peruvian Delights, Bette’s Cupcakes, Annabelle’s Café, and Manhattan Exchange. PARKING: Drop off only at Museum lot entrance on event days; Museum lot limited to handicapped parking only on event days. Additional parking is available at the following locations: •    Zion Lutheran Church, 153 Nott Terrace •    Days Inn, 167 Nott Terrace •     Holiday Inn, 100 Nott Terrace •     Union Graduate College (lot entrance off Liberty across from Denny’s) •    St. John the Evangelist (lot behind church on Eastern Pkwy, just east of Not Terr.) •    College Park Hall, 450 Nott Street (across from Golub, just east of Erie Blvd.) Union College Trolley will run from this lot to the Museum approximately every 15 minutes from 12 – 9PM July 12 and 12 – 5PM July 13. $5 children, $6.25 seniors, $7.50 adults; add $2 for Planetarium show Free for Museum members

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Thursday, July-12-2012 @ 12pm - 9pm Friday, July-13-2012 @ 12pm - 5pm