08/24/2026
🚀 Did you know you can travel the solar system 🪐 right here in the Tri-Cities? And we got to design the passport that helps make the journey happen! 🌎
The Hanford Reach Solar System is a years-long project of SILAS Education and local students, in partnership with the REACH Museum and Visit Tri-Cities, Washington. This scale model of our planetary neighborhood is centered on the ☀️ 'Solar Arches' sculpture at the REACH Museum, with markers placed throughout the region representing the orbits of planets and other celestial bodies.
Explorers can take their Solar System Passport along for the journey, recording each stop and making a rubbing of the unique symbol found on each orbital marker. Complete the journey and take your finished passport to one of the participating Prize Partners to receive a special souvenir.
We had a lot of fun developing and designing the passport to bring the whole experience together — part field guide, part activity book, and part keepsake for exploring our corner of the solar system. And we designed the prize souvenirs as well.
Participating communities include City of Richland Government, City of Kennewick Government, City of West Richland Government, City of Benton City, and City of Prosser Government.
Learn more and start exploring at: silaseducation.org/solar-system/explore-the-project