The Hong Kong Space Museum is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, adjacent to Victoria Harbour, with a distinctive egg-shaped design that is highly noticeable. The Ho Hung Sun Planetarium features a full-dome screen capable of displaying ultra-high-definition animations and films. The star projector casts over 8000 stars, the moon, and the five major planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Mercury—onto the dome, offering you an unprecedented journey through the stars. Visitors can use headphones in the planetarium to select commentary in Cantonese, English, Mandarin, or Japanese. The Space Science Exhibition Hall contains nine exhibition areas, covering both ancient and modern astronomy, as well as the history of rocket development, artificial satellites, and space stations. Inside, there is a 20-centimeter aperture solar telescope that allows visitors to observe the sun’s corona, prominences, chromosphere, and photosphere. The hall encourages visitors to operate the instruments themselves, allowing them to simulate rocket launches, use a mechanical arm to collect rock samples on a simulated Martian surface, and even experience walking on the moon’s surface where gravity is only one-sixth of Earth’s. To the west, there is an astronomy exhibition hall, lecture hall, and astronomy bookstore. The astronomy exhibition hall explains the motion trajectories of the sun, Earth, and moon, as well as the phenomena that cause solar and lunar eclipses. The lecture hall frequently hosts various types of astronomy exhibitions and lectures, and is also open for visits by schools, groups, and the public. Opening hours are Monday, Wednesday-Friday from 13:00 to 21:00; Saturday-Sunday from 10:00 to 21:00. Service facilities include accessible restrooms, accessible entrances, accessible elevators, and accessible restrooms.
