Return to the Live Event Display Page, or scroll down for information about tours at the Ash River NOvA Far Detector Facility.
Lab Tours
The lab is open Monday through Thursdays for normal business.
While we no longer have regularly scheduled tours, give us a call at (218)-374-2400 ext. 0 to see if there's a good time to come visit.
If you do come, note that safety rules say no sandals or open toed shoes in the building.
The NOvA Far Detector
Video Links
A time-lapse video of the detector construction
Building the first block of the detector
Exploring Neutrino Mysteries
NOvA: Building a Next Generation Neutrino Experiment
Detecting Neutrinos with the NOvA Detector
A longer "Neutrinos and the NOvA Detector" documentary, in four parts: 1,2,3,4.
360 video of the NOvA Far Detector. If you're on a computer, click and drag around the video to look in different directions. If you're on a phone or tablet, go full screen and point your device in different directions. There are several:
For posterity, another 360 video of the now decommissioned Soudan Mine Underground Lab showing the MINOS detector and the Mural.
Fermilab has a 360 video tour as well, here's the direct link to the Near Detector. Click on the "targets" to go from one place to the next.
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