Climb aboard our mini-Vostok space capsule and get ready to explore! Rotating age-appropriate topics such as: Five Sense Science (focused on our five senses with a space twist), flight, space history, properties of matter, Toys in Space, Meet our Moon, Night Sky Planetarium, Living in Space program with puppets and Hall of Space Museum tour with puppets. Program can be customized. 

Grade Pre K - 1

Duration: 1 hour (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Activities include a show in the Justice Planetarium, a “What is the Moon?” presentation, a guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum, a “Living in Space” presentation and activity and answers to the questions: What is the Moon made of? What does it do for us? What is it like to travel there? 

Grades K-3

Duration: 2 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Experience the explosive history of rockets and discover the different machines that have carried humans to space. Build and launch paper air rockets, see a Dr. Goddard’s Lab presentation and take a guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum.

Grades K-8 (Also great for multi-age groups)

Duration: 3 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Experience the Cosmosphere! Activities include your choice of shows in the Justice Planetarium and Carey Digital Dome Theater, a Dr. Goddard’s Lab presentation and admission to the Hall of Space Museum.

Grades K-12 (Also great for multi-age groups)

Duration: 4 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Activities include a show in the Justice Planetarium, a Dr. Goddard’s Lab presentation and admission to the Hall of Space Museum.

Grades K-12 (Also great for multi-age groups)

Duration: 3 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Are your students up to a challenge? Students engineer and program their robots to tackle a variety of tasks.

Grades 2-5

Duration: 1-2 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Enjoy hands-on STEM activities with a space-centric theme! Learn about living in space, rocketry, the Moon and so much more! Stay and experience the workshop together or drop off youngsters while you and the rest of the family enjoy another program. Adults must accompany 2-7 year olds (no additional cost) 8-12 year olds may be dropped off, but must be signed in and out by a responsible adult.

Students 2-12 years old

Duration: 1 hour (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Experience is included with an All-Access Mission Pass.

Supplement astronomy classroom lessons with activities that create a deeper understanding of the solar system. Of course, no astronomy visit would be complete without a show in our Justice Planetarium, where students will get to see the solar system in vivid detail! Activities include the planetarium show, making Solar System bracelets, a scaling activity and a Seasons on Mars presentation.

Grades 4-7

Duration: 3 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store)

Participants will use elementary coding to program robots, tackling a variety of tasks. They'll also view our Robots movie in our Carey Digital Dome Theater and have a guided tour of our Hall of Space Museum. Click here to see the trailer for Robots movie.

Grades 5-12

Duration: 3 hours (add extra time for lunch and/or gift store.)