Seattle Astronomy Examiner made a quick visit to the Adler Planetarium while on a Chicago layover during a train trip this week. Credit: Greg Scheiderer
- Seattle Astronomy Examiner made a quick visit to the Adler Planetarium while on a Chicago layover during a train trip this week.
- Seattle Astronomy Examiner made a quick visit to the Adler Planetarium while on a Chicago layover during a train trip this week.
- Jim Lovell is a trustee of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, and many of his personal artifacts are on display.
- This statue of astronaut Jim Lovell eyeballing Apollo 13 back to Earth is in the lobby of the Adler Planetarium.
- The Adler Planetarium has a full-size mockup of a Mars Exploration Rover on display.
- Chicago planetarium built in 1913, the 15-foot Atwood Sphere has holes drilled into its metal surface. Light shines through the holes, showing the positions of the stars in the sky.
- This sundial, titled "Man Enters the Cosmos," was designed by Henry Moore in 1980, the 50h Anniversary of the Adler Planetarium. It is mounted in the planetarium's entry plaza, with Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline as a backdrop.
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