Gene Roddenberry Planetarium will soon be open to the public at no charge

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)-- The Gene Roddenberry Planetarium has a new location, new look and some new benefits.

Starting in September the planetarium will designate one Saturday a month for the public to visit and it is completely free. A schedule for which Saturday will be open to the public has not been released yet. Daniel Vasquez, fund development and education foundation officer for El Paso ISD says because the galaxy is so different and there are so many different times of the year, they have to customize a schedule.

"There could be occurrences that take place in space or take place in the sky so our planetarium staff will monitor that and they'll do specialized programing and specialized events." Vasquez said

Evelyn Maldonado, Planetarium coordinator is a former science teacher, she says that role played a major factor in her thought process when it comes to the best ways students will retain information. She says the schedule will be released later this month and she invites everyone to come out and visit.