Launceston Planetarium Shows - Dawn of the Space Age (September 2025)

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Sun 21 Sep 2025

Think of this as a guided tour through the era when humans first decided to fling shiny metal things into orbit and see what happened. The show moves from Sputnik in 1957 through the moon landings, the slow-motion jigsaw that became the International Space Station, and into the era of privately run rockets and celebrity astronauts. It's presented as a careful, immersive reconstruction of those early adventures rather than glossy hype, so you get the nuts and bolts as well as the drama.

You also meet the people behind the helmets and lab coats — the pilots, engineers, technicians and oddball innovators who took huge risks and somehow made it work. Their determination, occasional incompetence and surprising ingenuity come through, showing how exploration often looks less like heroics and more like stubborn problem solving with very expensive equipment.

More information at www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/Whats-on/Events/Launceston-Planetarium-Shows-Dawn-of-the-Space-Age-1608683267959




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