In the early 1990s, Carnegie Science Center’s Buhl Planetarium became a full-scale production studio, where artists, writers, computer animators, and scientists developed original shows seen each year by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Just four years after developing its first show, the Buhl team produced its first blockbuster, Through the Eyes of Hubble, which chronicles a repair mission to the space telescope. Narrated by Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Gates McFadden, it was licensed by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, translated into 13 languages, and distributed to 150 planetariums—officially putting the Buhl on the map. Today some 25 original productions have been distributed to 750 planetariums worldwide—and counting. The new next-level Buhl Planetarium is one of the most technologically advanced planetariums in North America, and its production team is reveling in all its new bells, whistles, and top-notch tech. Cosmic Cookbook, for one, will give other planetariums the option of having shows that combine live theater and science education.
Through the Eyes of Hubble
In the early 1990s, Carnegie Science Center’s Buhl Planetarium became a full-scale production studio, where artists, writers, computer animators, and scientists developed original shows seen each year by hundreds of
