Tuesday, August 25
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
Pier 86 W 46th St and 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036
NASA uses a fleet of satellites to observe Earth—its weather patterns, atmosphere, sea levels and ocean currents, winds and storm warnings and freshwater resources. Scientists and artists at NASA, inspired by the ocean-like sounds heard in a seashell, designed and built the Orbit Pavilion to draw attention to NASA’s Earth-observing missions. Step inside the Orbit Pavilion, imagine a silver seashell fallen from space, and listen to the satellites. Each satellite has been given its own tone. The soundscape changes as the satellites move, enabling us to hear them in real time as their orbits bring them into range hundreds of miles above our heads.
NASA’s Orbit Pavilion is on view at the Intrepid Museum’s Pier 86 this summer, from July 24–August 25, 2015.
For more information visit: http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/