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Passport Member Appreciation Day

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Passport Member Appreciation Day

Passport Members, come enjoy YOUR museum with extra highlights and bonuses to begin the New Year!

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January 22, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm MST

Admission:

Free Admission for Passport Members!

Location:

Space Foundation Discovery Center
Passport Appreciation Day

Event Details:

Details updated: Jan 21 – see below
Come enjoy YOUR museum with extra highlights and bonuses to begin the New Year!
Passport Members WE APPRECIATE YOU and we are thrilled to get Passport Member Appreciation events back onto our calendar!
Be the FIRST TO EXPERIENCE some new Discovery Center experiences for the new year, including:
  • A NEW Science on a Sphere® presentation
  • A NEW Scavenger Hunt in our El Pomar Space Gallery
  • Driving rovers in our NEWLY redesigned Mars Rover Lab

SCHEDULED EVENTS for come and go as you please:

  • 10:00 – 11:00am – Navigate robots on our huge Mars Map in Area 52 (green on map)
  • 10:30 – 11:30am – Explore two whole planets in our AGI Lab with Google Earth & Google Mars (#11 on map)
  • 11:00am – Learn about the deployment of the new James Webb Space Telescope – presentation in Area 51 by Dr. Steven Williams, NASA Solar System Ambassador (pink area on map)
  • 12:30pm – See our newest SOS presentation for 2022: NASA’s Newest Missions – our first time presenting this show (#10 on map)
  • 1:00 – 3:00pm – Area 52 closed for Private Birthday Party
  • 1:00 – Astronaut Diaper activity in Space Education Center (#13 on map)
  • 2:00pm – James Webb Space Telescope presentation in Area 51 (pink on map) (encore)
  • 3:00 – 3:45pm – Navigate robots on our huge Mars Map in Area 52 (green on map)
  • 3:00pm – New SOS show: NASA’s Newest Missions (#10 on map) (encore show)

ALL DAY ACTIVITIES:

  • Science on a Sphere shows on the half hour – new 2022 show at 12:30pm (#10 on map)
  • Mars Robotics Laboratory – Enjoy the Grand Re-Opening of our redesigned Mars Robotics Lab – drive rovers on the new Mars surface (#12 on map)
  • Space Education Center – Self-guided hands-on activities: learn to Pack for Space and test your knowledge with Space/Science Fact or Fiction (#13 on map)
  • Discovery Demo Cart – oil/water/Alka-Seltzer demo in gallery at 11:30am and 2:30pm (#9 on map)
    • Learn how a ‘homemade lava lamp’ teaches us about what happens to an astronaut’s stomach in space
  • New El Pomar Space Gallery Scavenger Hunt – Will you solve our new 2022 Space Riddle scavenger hunt (red star on map)
  • Soft Opening of our New ‘Little Tikes’ area – building fun with our huge blocks (yellow star on map)
    • Area naming contest: we need your creativity… we’re holding a contest for naming our new ‘little tikes’ area. Leave your ideas for us to consider…

 

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