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12/31/1969
Mueller Planetarium sets fall fulldome schedule
Beginning the week of Aug. 17, Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will go to its fall schedule, presenting astronomy shows only on Thursday nights and Saturday and Sunday afternoons in Nebraska's first fulldome digital pro…
08/20/2009
08/13/2009
Mueller Planetarium sets fall fulldome schedule
Beginning the week of Aug. 17, Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will go to its fall schedule, presenting astronomy shows only on Thursday nights and Saturday and Sunday afternoons in Nebraska's first fulldome digital pro…
08/20/2009
09/12/2012
Mueller Planetarium sets fall fulldome schedule
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum has announced its fall schedule of fulldome shows. The planetarium will present "A Starry Tale" Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. and "Forces of N…
09/13/2012
03/23/2005
Mueller Planetarium reopens with show on black holes and quasars
Journey with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Mueller Planetarium into a universe of bizarre monsters as the planetarium explores quasars and supermassive black holes in a new show, "Point of No Return," beginning March 26. After a winter renovat…
03/26/2005
08/14/2012
Mueller Planetarium offers Mars updates with astronomy shows
The successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory -- the rover named "Curiosity" -- last week is already producing images and information from the red planet. Curiosity is the largest vehicle ever landed…
03/19/2012
Mueller Planetarium offers fulldome festival March 31
For one day only, Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum will present a festival of fulldome shows. Beginning at 11 a.m. on March 31, visitors may enjoy up to five different shows for a special discounted co…
03/31/2012
01/30/2004
Mueller Planetarium Extends Mars Show and Updates Through Feb. 29
WHEN: Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 29, 2 p.m. WHERE: Ralph Mueller Planetarium, University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall), 14th and U Streets Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 30, 2004 -- After a capacity crowd showed up Jan. 24 to view broadcast c…
01/5/2006
Mueller Planetarium explores universe through Hubble Space Telescope
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided images in unprecedented detail to astronomers, and made an astonishing array of discoveries from nearby objects in the solar system to the most distant galaxies at limits of the observ…
07/22/2008
Mueller Planetarium explores black holes in new astronomy show
Imagine the most bizarre, magnificent places in the universe, and you'd probably imagine a black hole. Thanks to a gift from the Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum, beginning Aug. 1, museum visitors will be able to experience these st…
08/1/2008
05/23/2007
Mueller Planetarium enters new era with fulldome digital shows
"It's the biggest advance -- or change -- in the Planetarium's capabilities since the theater opened 49 years ago." So said Mueller Planetarium coordinator Jack Dunn about the planetarium's new projection system in the digital fulldome format. Starti…
06/1/2007
06/28/2010
Mueller Planetarium debuts 'Natural Selection' in U.S.
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum was the site of a U.S. premier June 1 when it was the first planetarium in the United States to present the new fulldome show, "Natural Selection." Presented in immersive fulldome format…
07/9/2009
Mueller Planetarium celebrates 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing
Forty years ago, Apollo 11 took flight to the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. became the first humans to set foot on the celestial body -- marking a great achievement in space exploration and a defining moment in U.…
04/3/2014
Mueller Planetarium brings new laser shows to fulldome theater April 12-13
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall will light up with laser light shows April 12 and 13. Brilliant laser graphics and abstract images set to the hits of the Beatle…
04/12/2014
12/17/2007
Mueller Planetarium audiences to visit 'The Enchanted Reef'
Beginning Dec. 22, Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will feature a new fulldome show, "Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef," a 3D-animated film projected in a 360-degree format. In "The Enchanted Reef," viewers are transpor…
12/22/2007
05/31/2006
Mueller Planetarium asks: 'Did you Know?'
In a new astronomy show opening June 1 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Mueller Planetarium, viewers will be able to fly down a valley on Mars, land on one of Saturn's moons, check out the North Star and visit distant galaxies. "Did You Know 2…
06/1/2006

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