Ascent Planning Meeting 9/19

Ascent Planning 19 September: HMS Beagle in Parkville The planning meeting last night included 7 high school students from the Blue Valley School District CAPS program, and 3 students from the [...]

Meeting Under The Dome

Dan, Cyan, and I met for a while at the Planetarium yesterday evening. We looked at several variations of the images that Fred took with the fisheye lens on the Canon DSLR. We agreed that the [...]

“Ascent” Balloon Launch Press Release

Look Up as Kansas City Reaches for the Stars Critically acclaimed ensemble partners with engineers and students to photograph Kansas City from 100,000 feet up Dark Matter launches its Rocket [...]

Ascent preparations move towards launch!

This past Monday we had a very productive meeting at the HMS Beagle store in Parkville. In attendance were 4 Longview College students, as well as John (Beagle), Vince (MakeKC), Fred and Richard [...]

Interested in learning more about PLUG projects?

PLUG projects will be giving a talk at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in the Hudson Auditorium on September 15, 3:30 – 4:30 for their Third Thursday Visiting Artists’ [...]

New Launch Date for “Ascent”- October 1/2

Our launch date is being pushed back to allow extra time for payload design and testing.  We are now planning to launch the weekend of October 1/2, weather permitting, with October 8/9 serving as [...]

The “Ascent” Blog is Up and Running!

For the latest details on “Ascent,” please see the blog on the Dark Matter website: http://www.darkmatterkc.com/blog We have pictures and links to show you the current status of our [...]

You Live Here Too stills from the road

You Live Here Too’s tour was a success.  Audiences most often commented on the incredible acting ability of the senior women actors and oral historians.  Emotionally, the audience seemed to [...]

PLUG projects is hosting BreadKC!

PLUG Projects is hosting BreadKC!, this Sunday, August 28th from 1 – 4pm!  We hope you are able to join us! BREAD! IS A PUBLIC DINNER DESIGNED TO USE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO [...]

Know any adventurous art/science high school students?

Check out the August Meeting of the High School Students’ Science Alliance at H.M.S. Beagle 180 English Landing Drive in Downtown Parkville MONDAY AUGUST 8 at 7 PM Daniel Eichenbaum and Bob [...]