{"id":373152,"date":"2026-06-24T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373152\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:12:08","slug":"bay-area-arts-the-exploratorium-examines-space-survival-zero-gravity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373152\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area arts: The Exploratorium examines space survival, zero gravity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever want to feel what it\u2019s like to be in outer space? Not the fun stuff \u2013 waving down at your antlike neighbors, chatting up <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Great_Gazoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">green alien dudes<\/a> \u2013 but the dicey stuff like zero gravity and sound and communication distortions?<\/p>\n<p>The Exploratorium has you covered with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/visit\/calendar\/space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">new exhibit called \u201cLife in Space.\u201d<\/a> Running through the summer, the show explores the science of how living things (human or otherwise) might breathe, eat and work in extreme conditions beyond Earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs renewed global interest in space exploration accelerates \u2014 fueled by missions like Artemis II \u2014 \u2018Life in Space\u2019 arrives at a pivotal moment,\u201d the museum writes. \u201cHumanity stands on the brink of a new era in space exploration, and this exhibition asks a timely question: What will it actually take to live there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can admire detailed space-suit replicas and learn how scientists search for exoplanets and extraterrestrial intelligence. A section called \u201cCan I Survive This?\u201d plays with the senses to replicate audio changes on far-off worlds, and another called \u201cOops \u2014 There Goes Gravity\u201d features a disorienting puzzle game that mimics weightlessness. With more than 50 exhibits in the show, it\u2019s bound to be a far-out adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Details: Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday (open until 10 p.m. Thursdays for ages 18 and up) at Pier 15 (Embarcadero at Green St.), San Francisco; $40 general-admission adult tickets include \u201cLife in Space\u201d and are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">exploratorium.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever want to feel what it\u2019s like to be in outer space? Not the fun stuff \u2013 waving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[5282,184,7,967,28026,1431,971,2311,100,143,145,144,395,101,396,645,1744,1970,420],"class_list":["post-373152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-arts","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibits","tag-family","tag-lifestyle","tag-museums","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-peninsula","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-science","tag-space","tag-technology","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}