It is often said that music can transport a listener. On Saturday night, “The Hubble Cantata” hopes to launch some 6,000 people from Prospect Park into the Orion Nebula, more than 1,000 light-years away.

“We want everyone at the performance to feel like they are an astronaut, but to go where no astronaut has ever gone before,” said filmmaker Eliza McNitt, who is directing visuals for the ambitious project that merges science and modern classical music. It will be presented as part of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn concert series.