Not recommended for 2nd grade & under. Prepaid reservations are required. Mission dates, once booked, are non-refundable as a minimum number of participants (16) is required for each mission.

Missions fly year-round on Saturdays at 10:30am and 1:00pm.
Boarding pass cost is $17.50 for adults and $15.00 for students and seniors.

For the duration of the mission, participants will be given instructions at a 6th grade reading level. 3rd and 4th graders must fly with a ticketed adult.

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Join us for Summer, Holiday, and Spring Break Matinee Missions. Missions are scheduled on weekdays, only when local schools are not in session. Check out our calendar of events prior to Summer, Spring Break and Christmas Holiday for upcoming dates and times.

Families, friends, and teams of co-workers are invited to the Challenger Space Center to participate in an exciting space-based learning environment where children, families, senior citizens, corporate teams and other community members fly simulated space flight missions involving flight crews, mission controllers and scientists.

The Challenger Space Center’s Technology Flight Deck features over $1 million in technology, including a Mission Control room designed after Johnson Space Center; the Spacecraft, designed to simulate a room onboard the International Space Station (ISS); and the ESTM, or Earth Space Transit Module, which transports teams of crew members up to dock with the ISS so they can live and work in space.

*RENDEZVOUS WITH A COMET*
Take part in a daring trek of exploration as, once again, comet Encke travels close to the Sun and Earth. This time, human space travelers, as well as space probes, will undertake scientific missions to the great comet. Years of planning and hard work have been invested to get to this vital moment.

Team members in both the Spacecraft and Mission Control must work together to rendezvous with the comet's tail, and successfully launch a scientific probe. Along the way, team members will also encounter many important tasks that need to be performed. Journey with us on this important mission; the great comet awaits!

*VOYAGE TO MARS*
The time frame of this mission is sometime in the not-too-distant future, when humans have established a permanent base on Mars. Crew members will serve as the first crew on Mars and the relief crew en route to the planet. While on the Martian surface, the team will have collected and analyzed a great number of planetary samples and data.

This information is vital to scientists for a better understanding of the planet Mars. Crew members also will have gained an appreciation for the "luxuries" of planet Earth such as air, water and food as compared to a barren planet such as Mars.