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  • Film Screening: Triumph of the Dream

    Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater

    On August 2, 2012, Griffith Observatory hosted a special screening of the film Triumph of the Dream followed by a discussion with director Norman Seeff. The event was also streamed live online.

  • NASA’s Rover CURIOSITY Lands on Mars!

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    Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater

    On Sunday, August 5, 2012, Griffith Observatory hosted thousands of visitors to watch the landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars.

  • An aerial view of the Endeavor Space Shuttle flying over Griffith Observatory and the surrounding mountains.

    Endeavour Comes to Los Angeles

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    Griffith Observatory

    On Friday, September 21, 2012, Griffith Observatory hosted thousands of people for multiple flyovers by the space shuttle Endeavour as it passed over Los Angeles landmarks prior to landing at LAX.

  • Apollo 17: The End of an Era

    Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater

    Griffith Observatory Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 17 Mission

  • It’s Not The End Of The World!

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    Griffith Observatory

    On Friday, December 21, 2012, Griffith Observatory hosted special activities to mark the end of Baktun-13 on the Maya calendar and NOT the end of the world.

  • Comet PANSTARRS, March 2013

    Griffith Observatory

    Comet PANSTARRS was observed from Griffith Observatory through telescopes and binoculars through most of March 2013.

  • Celebrating Dr. Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space

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    Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater

    On June 18, 2013 the Observatory hosted a panel discussion commemorating the 30th anniversary of Sally Ride's flight into space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, making her the first American woman in space.

  • Observatory hosts “SATURN WAVE” Event

    Griffith Observatory

    Several hundred people gathered on the lawn at Griffith Observatory on July 19, 2013, to wave at Saturn as NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a photograph of the ringed planet with Earth in the background.