GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Grand Rapids Public Museum will close the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium this weekend.

The closure is scheduled from Sunday, June 8, through Sunday, June 15, at 272 Pearl St. NW.

“It’s the most significant systems upgrade made to our planetarium in 10 years,” GRPM stated. “Come back after June 15 to see crisper, cleaner and more vibrant visuals, and a system capable of showcasing parts of the universe we weren’t able to display before.”

The planetarium, which first opened to the public in 1994, is named after a Grand Rapids-born astronaut who died in the 1967 Apollo 1 spacecraft fire.

The last major renovation for the planetarium was made in 2014. Plans called for updating the Digistar equipment, making it possible to present high-definition programs on the half-do

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