The Space Mission Simulator offers the next best thing to actual space flight with a Mission Control room and an orbiting Spacecraft laboratory. The 3-hour program includes a Dynamic Demo and a gyroscope build. The 2-hour program includes a Dynamic Demo. Emergencies may occur that require teamwork and critical thinking. A major hurricane is heading towards Florida and the ISS crew is tasked with gathering data and sending vital landfall information back to Earth. Students are sent on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) to complete hands-on experiments and make Earth observations. A LEGO build of a Saturn V rocket model is included in the 3-hour program. A space science demonstration is included. Problem solving skills are necessary, as new events occur that can change the mission. In the spacecraft, student astronauts build and launch a probe to gather data on the comet. A model TAGSAM build is available in the 3-hour program.Ĭomet Explorers honor the Challenger 51L crew and continue their mission to study Comet Halley. The mission includes a paper model build of the Atlas V rocket used in the mission. Modeled after NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission to the asteroid Bennu, students travel to the asteroid to collect a sample using the TAGSAM (Touch and Go Sample Arm Mechanism). A paper model build of the Space Launch System is included in the 3-hour program. A lunar geology activity is included in the 3-hour program.ĭuring the spacecraft simulation, students blast off from the “Red Planet” and launch into space and complete science experiments before launching CubeSats to the moons of Mars. A paper model build of the Space Launch System is included in the 3-hour program.įourth and fifth graders experience a space science demonstration. Second and third graders program Sphero robots to perform tasks on the Moon. Kindergartners and first graders program Ozobots to perform tasks on the Moon. During the mission, students will blast off to the Moon and conduct hands-on science experiments in our spacecraft simulator. Go forward to the Moon in our new Moon Explorers mission highlighting the Artemis Program of 2024. A three-hour program for up to 66 students is $500 and includes 40 minutes in the spacecraft simulator, two additional hands-on activities and a planetarium show. A two-hour program for up to 44 students is $350 and includes 30 minutes in the spacecraft simulator, one 30 minute hands-on activity and a planetarium show. In all missions, on-board astronauts in the spacecraft simulator conduct science experiments related to a space theme. All programs feature a grade-level appropriate planetarium show with a “pre-show” presented by one of our instructors in the Downtown Digital Dome. All missions include standards-aligned STEM activities. The “Asteroid Explorer” mission for 2nd and 3rd graders uses beginner reading vocabulary and easy to follow directions. Fourth graders become “Comet Explorers” and have a blast doing hands-on activities and working in space. During the K-1 “Mars Explorer” mission students use simple words and pictures to achieve their mission. The Space Mission Simulator is the perfect setting for students to suspend their disbelief and travel to space.
The Challenger Learning Center has really stepped up to provide our students this tremendous learning opportunity.” – Clayton Woodfin, 8th Grade MERIT Science, Zulu Company, Thomas County Middle School I was overjoyed when I heard that virtual missions have been created.
“With the current situation in mind, I was very worried that our students wouldn’t be able to experience the wonders and pleasures of the annual trip to the Challenger Learning Center.
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NEW!Challenger Learning Center is offering a brand new virtual mission simulation, Europa Encounter! Full details can be found below in the Missions section below.