At left, Jackie Selman, of Weirton, assists her children, 7-year-old Jimmy and 9-year-old Juliana, as they browse the registration table for free space-themed swag shortly after checking into the Hancock County Family Support Center’s Digital Starlab event held Saturday afternoon at the Chester Municipal Building. Selman and her six children attended the event, which included the broadcast of a space-themed show in the Digital Starlab, which is a mobile planetarium that can hold 15 people at a time.

The initial group begins making their way into the Digital Starlab Saturday afternoon during an event for the Hancock County Family Support Center. After appearances earlier in the month at Weir Public Library and Brooke High School, Fairmont State University’s mobile planetarium finished up the month of March by hosting the “Journey to the Stars” exhibit in the gymnasium of the Chester Municipal Building on Saturday. Preregistered participants attended the event, which included projection space shows within the mobile planetarium; kid-friendly trinkets like space stress fidget balls; kids’ activities and refreshments.

Jaxson Selman, 11, talks to his 2-year-old brother Judah.

Emilee Jarrell, case manager for the Hancock County Family Support. Center, assists Olivia Snyder, the 3-year-old daughter of Alicia Snyder of Weirton. (Photos by Stephanie Ujhelyi)