"Blueprints to Blastoff" was envisioned as highlighting the planned return to the Moon. After sequences depicting a nighttime launch of NASA's new SLS, and a short stop at the International Space Station this sequence takes us there. Beginning with undocking of the SpaceX Lunar lander from the Gateway Lunar orbiting space station, we follow the spacecraft down.

The planned landing site near the Shackleton Crator at the Lunar South pole is the destination. And what will the first woman to step foot on the Moon say... well our client, Buhl Planetarium at Carnegie Science Center, took a shot at predicting that. And Claire De Lune on piano just seemed so appropriate.

The program is presented immersively using the new 8K Digistar7 fulldome video system in the planetarium's 50 foot dome with 10 - 4K video projectors fed by 10 syncronized computers, filling the dome with high definition video.

The video here is showing a wide front view of the 360 degree immersive experience. The "Blueprints to Blastoff" program will be distributed by the Buhl Planetarium to any planetariums requesting the program as part of the NASA grant's specifications.