USA Today 10Best named Morehead Planetarium among the best in the country
Posted May 31, 2025
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Chapel Hill planetarium in April 2024 to witness the solar eclipse. Decades earlier, at the beginning of the country’s crusade to explore space, the site had been a training ground for NASA astronauts, who were sent to the planetarium to learn how to navigate space manually in the event of a mechanical failure.
(Charlotte Observer)
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