Look up at the sky on any given day, and you can say, We're Not Alone. Somewhere, up there are brave men and women working in the Space Station. What a amazing sight it must be to look down at earth from up there, and to celebrate National Space Day on May 4th we visit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
It is here, at the the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, where you'll find unique and special exhibits like the Spark Lab that is a exciting interactive space where you become engineers working on design challenges, from cleaning up the ocean to creating a flying machine. The hands-on activities inspire students of all ages to use critical thinking skills to solve problems and realize they, too, can be an inventor.
Previous exhibits at the Space & Rocket Center have included the world renowned Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit. Presented by Bose Corporation - this was one of the largest temporary exhibit in the Space Center's history.
From Star Wars to ISS: Science on Orbit, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center continues to engage and educate us on our ever changing world above and beyond our imaginations. With their help we get a true sense of what it's like to live and work in space as you walk through the space station in ISS: Science on Orbit. Experience a model of NASA's Payload Operations Integration Center, where scientists and engineers on Earth manage the complex, science experiments that astronauts conduct on the International Space Station.
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center has one of the largest collections of rockets and space memorabilia in the world. So, there will be plenty of things to see and experience on your visit, so take your time, in fact, you'll probably want to come back another time because there is so much to see and do. Follow the journey from America's Space Race to the moment we put a man on the moon, to the space shuttle program, and the amazing feat of creating the International Space Station. Where do we go from here? The staff at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center continue to ask these questions themselves, and unite with like minds to find and build the future of tomorrow.
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Let your imagination take flight to the stars in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. For ticket information and to plan your trip to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center visit the website.
About The Author
For Melody Schubert, life is simple; embrace moments with family and friends. And, when it comes to traveling, maps are good for returning to the highway. It's more fun to let your imagination be your compass and wander off the beaten track to discover overlooked destinations that express the heart of a region. Where will your compass take you?
