Space City Houston lives up to its name with a stellar moon exhibit at HMNS

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Houston, we have a moon.

Get ready for take off with an out-of-the-world interactive experience this spring. The perfect time to celebrate and honor the 50th anniversary of man's first iconic steps on the moon is now. UK artist Luke Jerram debuted his lunar masterpiece "Moon" at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Friday, April 19th.

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The jaw-dropping lunar sculpture is massive, and the phenomenon leaves you in awe. The exhibit features Apollo 11's landing, and is a celebration of the NASA astronauts' victorious mission to the moon. Reaching a full 23 feet in diameter, the globe is illuminated from within, and displays a detailed projection map of NASA's satellite imagery of the moon's surface along with the Apollo landing sites.

The sculpture covers most of Glassell Hall's ceiling that will be hanging right over the visitors head as they enter. The effect of the moon, floating in space, is almost out of reach, although it looks closer to touch. It is a fusion of moonlight, imagery and a sound composition created to give visitors the stellar experience.

Guests can land on the moon with this larger-than-life lunar ambiance. Along with state of the art imagery you can actually touch some of the real meteorite stones. Visitors can also engage in a VR experience after wearing special equipment that will immerse them to a journey beyond Earth including scenes from Apollo, the International Space Station and a lunar colony in the future.

Not only has this exhibit found its' way to Houston but has toured internationally to Mumbai, London, Dubai, Beijing and Brussels. HMNS is its' first debut in the south.

You can visit 'Moon' at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Dr. For more information about tickets and detailed pricing visit their website here.