To Infinity and Beyond: Astronomy Month at the Orlando Science Center
To Infinity and Beyond: Astronomy Month at the Orlando Science Center
WHAT A BETTER WAY TO BLAST OFF INTO ALL THE COOL EVENTS HAPPENING OUT AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER THAN WITH AN EXPLOSIVE EXPERIMENT? YEAH. WESH 2’S MARQUISE MEDA BRINGS US THE SCIENCE OF IT. WHAT’S HAPPENING YOU GUYS? AND WELCOME BACK TO THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. I’M JOINED BY IVAN. LAST TIME I MET YOU, WE WERE ACTUALLY SETTING THINGS ABLAZE. SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE SAFETY GOGGLES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING SAFE AS WE ARE CONDUCTING CHEMICAL REACTIONS TODAY TO INFINITY AND BEYOND, AS WE’RE HIGHLIGHTING ASTRONOMY MONTH RIGHT HERE AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE APPARATUS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US? OH, CERTAINLY WE DO. SO OVER HERE. I HAVE A BUNCH OF ROCKETS HERE. AND I DECIDED TO MAKE THEM LOOK JUST A LITTLE BIT NICER THAN OUR SORT OF STANDARD FILM CANISTERS HERE. AND I FIGURED WHAT WE WOULD DO IS A BIT OF A DEMONSTRATION WHERE WE BUILD UP THE PRESSURE INSIDE OF OUR FILM CANISTERS, AND HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD SEE IT BLAST OFF. OKAY, COOL. SO HOW DO WE BUILD UP THE PRESSURE FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME? PERFECT. SO WE HAVE THESE FILM CANISTERS HERE ON OUR ROCKETS. AND WE HAVE HERE SOME ANTACID TABLETS. AND WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO IS WE’RE SIMPLY JUST GOING TO BREAK THEM IN HALF, PUT THEM IN SOME WATER AND THEN CAP IT REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. AND THAT SHOULD BUILD UP THE PRESSURE, AS WE PUT IT IN ITS LITTLE CONTAINER. OKAY, COOL. SO LET’S GET GOGGLED UP AND LET’S MAKE MAGIC HAPPEN. SAFETY FIRST. ALL RIGHT. I’M GONNA CHOOSE THIS ONE. AND KIND OF LIKE MATCHES MY EYES. YOU KNOW, IT’S A REALLY NICE ONE. I MADE THAT ONE ESPECIALLY PRETTY JUST FOR YOU. SO APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. SO I’M ABOUT TO FILL THIS UP ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY WITH SOME WATER HERE. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT THEN I’LL TAKE ONE OF THESE ANTACID TABLETS. I’LL SMACK IT IN HALF. AND THEN ON THE COUNT OF THREE, WE’RE GONNA WE’RE GONNA PUT IT IN THERE. WE’RE GONNA CAP IT AND LET THE PRESSURE BUILD. ALL RIGHT, COOL. THREE, TWO. ONE. HOORAY! ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO TRY JUST PUTTING IN JUST A FULL TABLET. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT, SO STEP ONE. THROW THE WATER IN THERE. SO WE’RE GONNA FILL IT UP ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY WITH SOME WATER HERE. COOL. FULL TABLET THIS TIME. THAT’S RIGHT. SO I’M GOING TO TAKE THIS FULL TABLET HERE. I’M GOING TO DROP IT IN IN THREE, TWO ONE. I FEEL LIKE THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING. IT MIGHT JUST TAKE A QUICK SECOND. YEAH. THIS ONE SCARES ME ACTUALLY. I CAN SEE SOME BUBBLES AT THE BOTTOM. PRETTY COOL REACTION RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE THAT YELLOW ROCKET. REALLY JUST SHOOT IT UP ALMOST THROUGH THE CEILING. RIGHT, IVAN BOY, HOW WE DID. AND WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCIENCE RELATED THINGS ABOUT ASTRONOMY, INCLUDING ROCKETS AND PLANETS THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE HERE AT THE SCIENCE CENTER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF ASTRONOMY MONTH. ARE THEY GOING TO BE AS EXPLOSIVE AS THIS? I THINK WE’LL HAVE SOME PRETTY EXCITING THINGS ON THE LEVEL OF THIS HERE. AWESOME. WELL, ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL HERE RATHER SOON. AND IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT EVERYTHING GOING ON AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER DURING ASTRONOMY MONTH, KEEP IN MIND IT’S OPEN EVERY D
To Infinity and Beyond: Astronomy Month at the Orlando Science Center
To Infinity and Beyond: Astronomy Month at the Orlando Science Center
Updated: 4:13 PM EST Nov 7, 2025
To Infinity and Beyond: Astronomy Month at the Orlando Science CenterGet ready to blast off ! Our First Warning Meteorologist Marquise Meda is teaming up with the Orlando Science Center to build bottle rockets to take off for astronomy month. Find out the Science behind a successful launch in this episode.
To Infinity and Beyond: Astronomy Month at the Orlando Science Center
Get ready to blast off ! Our First Warning Meteorologist Marquise Meda is teaming up with the Orlando Science Center to build bottle rockets to take off for astronomy month. Find out the Science behind a successful launch in this episode.