{"id":749,"date":"2024-03-19T13:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=221906"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:50:14","slug":"mars-the-ultimate-voyage-4","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/event\/mars-the-ultimate-voyage-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars: The Ultimate Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the many challenges astronauts will face and how creativity, communication, and collaboration are essential for deep space exploration. This full-dome show takes audiences to the Red Planet. On a two year journey to Mars astronauts will face extraordinary challenges\u2014long distance, a closed environment, isolation, altered gravity, radiation. Explore the inherent challenges of future human expeditions to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Our shows are open to the public in the <strong>Allen F. Blocher Planetarium<\/strong>.\u00a0The planetarium is located on the second floor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2001+4th+Ave,+Stevens+Point,+WI+54481\/@44.5281883,-89.5752272,16z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88005aeaffe5cf27:0xcb286f85dce7430b!8m2!3d44.5281845!4d-89.5708498?hl=en\">Science Building<\/a>, by the Foucault pendulum, right above the east main entrance. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Direct access is obtained through the east entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Planetarium programs for groups (schools, scouts, organizations, etc.) can be arranged during our academic year.\u00a0 Call 715-346-2120 or email physastr@uwsp.edu<\/p>\n<h2>Admission<\/h2>\n<p>There is no charge for our public programs, although donations of $1-$2 per attendee will be greatly appreciated to allow us to continue these public programs for our community.<\/p>\n<h2>Parking<\/h2>\n<p>Parking is\u00a0free on campus\u00a0for our guests\u00a0only on\u00a0Saturdays\u00a0and Sundays.\u00a0From Monday-Friday, the UWSP parking lots are\u00a0enforced 2 am \u2013 7 pm. Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.uwsp.edu\/parking\/pages\/visitors.aspx\">this website<\/a>\u00a0for more details about parking\u00a0options, rules, and regulations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-208411 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planetarium-Campaign-2025-512x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"232\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GET INVOLVED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blocher Planetarium is a treasure of the Stevens Point community, offering shows to students young and old alike. This space has inspired countless students to go onto careers in astronomy and sparked the imagination of young children on field trips as they ask questions about the universe and their place in it. Help &#8220;<strong>Rebuild the Wonder<\/strong>&#8221; and join this effort to keep future generations gazing up at the stars. <a href=\"https:\/\/give.uwsp.edu\/g\/cols-giving-page\">Learn More!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the many challenges astronauts will face and how creativity, communication, and collaboration are essential for deep space exploration. This full-dome show takes audiences to the Red Planet. On a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":750,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[89,151,23,133,103,108,87],"tribe_events_cat":[23],"class_list":["post-749","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community","tag-mars","tag-planetarium","tag-planets","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uwsp","tribe_events_cat-planetarium","cat_planetarium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}