Why The Sky?
Discover the scenario “Living With A Star” in SCI’s upper-level space science experience platform Why The Sky? where you can:
- Explore other planets through a digital video globe
- Examine our Sun as just another star in the vast Milky Way galaxy
- Learn how light has been used throughout history to keep time
- Find the outer reaches of space through telescopes
- See a space suit and learn about an Iowa-born NASA Astronaut
- Build anything you can dream up, from spaceworthy to extraterrestrial
- Discover a completely self-sufficient life form, barely visible to the eye
Plus, select subjects to create your own planetarium program on SCI's COSMIC JUKEBOX®, then enter the Star Theater to watch your creation on the 50-ft. dome screen!
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SCI Facilities
- "The Big Questions" Landscape
- A-ha! Gift Store
- Blank IMAX Dome Theater
- Box Office
- Classrooms
- Commons
- Demonstration Garden
- Founders Hall
- Iowa Learning Center
- John Deere Adventure Theater
- Main Entrance
- Parking Ramp
- Pendulum Foyer
- Principal Hall
- SCI Board Room & Admin
- Science Is Where You Find It
- Small Discoveries
- Star Theater
- The Food Chain Cafe
- Upper Atrium & Oculus
- What on Earth?
- When Things Get Moving
- WHO-HD Weather Studio
- Why The Sky?












