Visitor Center Experiences
To enhance your self-guided experience, our staff and volunteers will occasionally conduct special “pop-up” programs and activities for guests of all ages to explore science topics and NASA missions. All experiences are free of charge.
Gallery Programs
Look for an informal educator and our curiosity cart in the main exhibit hall to complete a challenge or engage in fun, hands-on science demonstrations.
Auditorium Programs
From constellation BINGO to space trivia, learn about celestial sightings in the evening sky or test your knowledge of space in our staff-led theater programs.
Science On a Sphere Solar System Tour
Take a self-guided tour of our local solar system and explore past, present, and future NASA planetary missions.
Special Events and Programs
Join us in one of our upcoming events or programs to explore a special STEM topic. All programs are free; those requiring advanced registration will be noted in the event description.
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June
AstrOlympics: Mass and Density
Wednesday, June 26, 10 a.m. – noon EDT
Part 3 of 6
What do Olympic athletes, celestial objects, and rockets have in common? Motion! Join us for part three of our AstrOlympics program series, which celebrates a range of science that can be observed when matter is in motion!
Explore a scientific double feature in part three of our AstrOlympics summer program series! Participate in activities that explore two concepts- mass (the amount of matter within an object) and density (the amount of mass an object contains in a volume). Meet with rocket scientists from the mechanical engineering and mechanical productions team from the Sounding Rocket Program Office at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to make predictions about whether rocket hardware will sink or float in water.
July
AstrOlympics: Speed and Acceleration
Wednesday, July 10, 10 a.m. – noon EDT
Part 4 of 6
What do Olympic athletes, celestial objects, and rockets have in common? Motion! Join us for part four of our AstrOlympics program series, which celebrates a range of science that can be observed when matter is in motion!
Today’s science themes are speed and acceleration! Build and launch bottle rockets with the flight performance engineering team from the Sounding Rocket Program Office at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, to measure the distance your rocket traveled, and calculate the speed of your rocket!
AstrOlympics: Pressure
Wednesday, July 24, 10 a.m. – noon EDT
Part 5 of 6
What do Olympic athletes, celestial objects, and rockets have in common? Motion! Join us for part five of our AstrOlympics program series, which celebrates a range of science that can be observed when matter is in motion!
Explore pressure (the amount of force over a specific area) in our fifth session of the AstrOlympics program series, which explores how a range of science can be found in sports, celestial objects, and rocketry. Explore pressure through hands-on activities and a physics demonstration facilitated by the guidance, navigation, and control team from the Sounding Rocket Program Office at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
August
AstrOlympics: Time
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 10 a.m. – noon EDT
Part 6 of 6
What do Olympic athletes, celestial objects, and rockets have in common? Motion! Join us for our final session of the AstrOlympics program series, which celebrates a range of science that can be observed when matter is in motion!
Our final science theme is time – the accurate measurement of repeating patterns. Explore how the ability to accurately measure time is key for cosmic exploration, and participate in a hands-on demonstration with the electrical engineering and electrical production team from the Sounding Rocket Program Office at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to explore how timing is critical for in-flight events during a rocket launch.
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