Zagreb City Day: CroCube: The Croatian Satellite in Space
🚀✨ CROCUBE DAY AT THE CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ✨🚀
📅 Saturday, May 31, 2025
📍 Croatian Natural History Museum
🎤 Featuring: Branimir Ivić and Daniela Jović
🎟 FREE ADMISSION
Register here.
🕦 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
🔹 Latest Updates from the CroCube Mission
Discover what the satellite is sending back from space and follow the development of Croatia’s space story. After more than 150 days in orbit, the mission continues with incoming signals, new images, and the latest mission updates. 🛰️
🕧 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
🎶 “Space Has a New Call Sign” – Official Mission Anthem
Screening of the documentary music video by CHUI, featuring never-before-seen footage from the laboratory — including the assembly, testing, and preparation of the CroCube satellite for launch into space.
🎬 Trailer Premiere: “Satellite of Dreams”
An exclusive preview of the documentary film by director Nina Kukec, filmed in part at the museum itself — a story about vision, persistence, and launching a dream into space. Nina Kukec will attend the presentation in person and, together with mission lead Daniela Jović, answer audience questions.
🕐 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📸 Meet CroCube & Creative Workshop for Children
Take photos with the CroCube satellite replica and the mission’s astronaut mascot — the perfect souvenir from your space adventure! After the photo session, children can join a creative workshop featuring coloring activities and a paper satellite model-making session. 👩🚀✨
🕓 4:00 PM
🌌 3D Deep Space Projection
Immerse yourself in the universe through a spectacular museum 3D deep space projection experience.
🕕 6:00 PM
🎥 Screening of The Universe (1960) – “How We Viewed Space in the 1960s”
A 29-minute scientific film screening accompanied by a short introductory lecture. Following the film, visitors can enjoy another immersive 3D deep space museum projection.
The film combines impressive animation, models, and visual effects to present the 1960s understanding of the universe. It explores Earth’s place in space, the movement of planets, stars, and galaxies, while introducing key concepts such as gravity and telescopic observation. 🌠