The award-winning Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis provides space education programs for schools, corporations, scouts, community groups and the general public. At the core of the Center are state-of-the-art space simulators, which include an orbiting space station, and a Mission Control center modeled after NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The program is part of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an international not-for-profit education organization founded in April 1986 by the families of the astronauts tragically lost during the Challenger space shuttle mission.

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Experience Rendezvous with a Comet^TM, Return to the Moon^TM or Voyage to Mars^TM mission with your family and friends at the Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis.

Rendezvous with a Comet^TM

In the not-too-distant future, a crew onboard the Spacecraft is performing the first mission ever to originate from Earth orbit. Their goal is to complete the assembly of a probe and launch it to rendezvous with Comet Encke. Along the way, astronauts must be prepared for unexpected and highly unpredictable objects in the Solar System that may come their way.

Return to the Moon^TM

For the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, a crew of astronauts is being sent on a mission to Return to the Moon^TM. Their mission is to navigate the spacecraft to the moon, construct and launch a probe to the lunar surface and select a site for establishing a permanent Moon base.

Voyage to Mars^TM

On the Mission to Mars crewmembers are transported into the year 2076-when a routine flight to Mars has brought the latest human crew into Martian orbit. Crew members work together with Flight Directors to accomplish their mission-a two-hour program utilizing problem-solving, communication and decision-making skills.

Beyond Public Missions, Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis hosts schools, scout programs, birthday parties, distance learning, summer camps, and corporate programs.

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For reservations, call 314.521.6205.