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Wait List Available for all Full Camps.
Some individual dates may be full. See listings below.
Time: 8:30-3:30
Price: $55.00 per day (1
camp)
Registration includes lunch and materials
Astro-Fit NEW!
Astronauts go through extensive training before their first space mission. Experience what it is like to train like an astronaut, and see where astronauts train! Discover the health and physical requirements for going into space.
December 27
Energize It
Explore the world of energy... from solar power to the electric car; experiment with circuitry and many other sources of energy that surround us. Discover why we reduce, reuse, and recycle. It's great to be green!
Returning Summer 2011
If It Suits You
Get all dressed up and ready to go! Explore the various spacesuits used past, present, and future. Find out how spacesuits protect astronauts from the harsh environment of space. Discover some of the dangers of the vacuum of space and visit with a spacesuit expert. Take home a keepsake picture of yourself in a spacesuit!
Returning Summer 2011
Invention Dimension NEW!
Step into a world of limitless imagination as you discover the stories behind famous inventions. Discover the many NASA inventions and see how you use them each and every day. Get your creative juices flowing as you dissemble various objects, and then develop your own invention.
December 21, 2010
Mindstorm 101
Discover the world of robotics as you program a robot to perform various tasks with our LEGOTM Mindstorm NXT robotics kits. Compete with your team on our robotic course in several different objectives.
December 20, 2010
December 30, 2010
The Right Stuff
Astronauts rely on the work of thousands of others in order to go to space! Experience many of the different jobs and tasks that make the space program successful as you prepare astronaut meals, build a space vehicle, design space suits, and more.
Returning Summer 2011
Spacebots
Become a Robotics Engineer! Discover the world of robotics from their uses here on Earth to the planet Mars. Have fun working in a team creating and operating a space station arm and building a robotic rover. Take home your own robot kit.
December 29, 2010
Star Wars Adventure Camp
The adventure continues as young Jedi experience more of the science behind the movie magic of Star Wars. Explore the many galaxies and creatures that inhabit the Star Wars world. Increase your knowledge of the force and design and build your own Star Wars vehicles.
December 22, 2010
December 28, 2010
To Infinity…
Travel through the galaxy discovering what lies beyond planet Earth. Take a journey from the planets to the stars, through the Milky Way and beyond. Discover the mysteries of space, such as black holes and quasars. Then voyage through the solar system in our walking scale model of the solar system.
December 23, 2010
UGH! That's Gross!
Come experience all the gross things about animals and how they relate to you. Dive into the world of slimy creatures, animal scat, and more gross things than you can imagine. Learn how these strange creatures can help us in space and on earth. Be prepared to get a little slimy because it's going to get gross! (Animal dissection demonstration is included.)
Returning Summer 2011
What's Out There!
Embark on an adventure in space! Explore many of the objects orbiting the Earth. Experiment with Lasers, Lenses, and Light. Discover the Universe in a new spectrum. Construct your own model of the Hubble Space telescope.
Returning Summer 2011
FULL WEEK CAMPS
Time: 8:30-3:30
Price: $300.00 for the week
Registration includes lunch and materials
Aerospace Adventure (FULL WEEK)
You have been chosen to be the next Space Center Houston Astronaut. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to design and construct a model parachute, hot air balloon, airplane, rocket, and space station. Explore Space Center Houston's one of a kind exhibits, launch your rocket at NASA (weather permitting), and experience more flight history and space than you've ever imagined!
Returning Summer 2011
For more information, please call 281-283-4755.
You can also send an email to: reservations@spacecenter.org.
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