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## Planetarium Video

# Planetarium

Air and Space Museum

6th St. & Independence Ave., SW

Washington, DC

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Tickets are only available for purchase on site at the National Air and Space Museum. We look forward to having online sales available in the future.
  Showtimes for April 13, 2024            Start Date          Start Date Date  Format: 04/13/2024ApplyThe Sky Tonight
Get to know the night sky with this free guided tour of constellations and visible planets.

**10:30 AM on the first and third Saturday of each month. Free tickets are only available in person.**
      There are no more showtimes for this movie today or tickets are not available online.  Please view the movie page for more information.    Worlds Beyond Earth
*Worlds Beyond Earth* takes viewers on an exhilarating adventure through our cosmic neighborhood.

**Multiple showings daily. Tickets are only available for purchase in person at the planetarium box office.**
      There are no more showtimes for this movie today or tickets are not available online.  Please view the movie page for more information.    Dark Universe
The planets, stars, and everything you can see are less than 5 percent of the universe. What is the other 95 percent?

**Check the box office for showtimes.**
      There are no more showtimes for this movie today or tickets are not available online.  Please view the movie page for more information.    One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Join Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from "Zhima Jie," the Chinese co-production of *Sesame Street*.

**10:30 AM on Thursday and Sunday. Free tickets are only available in person.**
      There are no more showtimes for this movie today or tickets are not available online.  Please view the movie page for more information.        Directions
Limited metered street parking is available. Please read signs carefully for parking hours and permit restrictions. Parking is available in several local lots, including two blocks south of the Museum at 6th and C Streets, SW.  Learn more about parking near the Mall.
      Other Smithsonian Theaters      -  Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater (Closed for Renovation)National Air and Space Museum
-  Airbus IMAX TheaterNational Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center
- SmithsonianOn Demand Library                  Choose films from the IMAX and Planetarium library and screen it before the museum doors open to the public.              
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