• A map showing where activities will be stationed in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, more details in the caption. The bottom reads 'Made possible with the generous support of Northrop Grumman.'
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    Activities are located at on the Ground Level unless otherwise noted. 

    1.    Interactive Scavenger Hunt 
    Explore museum exhibits and today’s family day activities by doing fun missions and photo challenges. Share your submissions with us and get a prize!
    Requires the Goosechase app. Sign up for game using the code X4Z4B9 

    2.    Community Art Activity
    Artist Alma Thomas created paintings inspired by space, including a painting called “Blast Off!” inspired by the Apollo mission to the Moon. How are you inspired by blasts and bursts in air and space? Add your art to our tables.

    3.    Kids Author Talk: Rocket Ship, Solo Trip
    Listen to a book reading by author Chiara Colombi and illustrator Scott Magoon and learn about how they created this book together. Buy their books and get them signed at the museum store (see map for location).
    11:00 am and 1:00 pm

    4.    Activities for our younger visitors
    Carpeted play area with toy rockets. Art Activity: Parts of a Rocket - create your own 2-D rocket with foam pieces and glue.

    5.    Activity: Straw Rocket Design Challenge
    Build and test launch a straw rocket model. You'll get the chance to make changes to your rocket to reach different targets. Can you make it to the Moon or Mars?

    6.    Discovery Station: Saturn V
    Rocket Learn about the Saturn V Rocket, the science and engineering behind its design, and how it successfully brought American astronauts to the Moon. Compare it with other rockets in history.

    7.    Discovery Station: Touch a Falling Star
    Touch and hold different types of meteorites. Learn all about meteorites - where they come from, where we find them and how they are related to supernovae, a type of bursting star.

    8.    Discovery Station: Black Holes
    How are black holes and star bursts connected? Explore how the gravity of large objects, such as black holes or galaxies, can warp space and bend the light that we see in our telescopes.

    9.    Discovery Station: Solar Dynamics Observatory
    Observe the Sun through the ultraviolet (UV) "eyes" of NASA's SDO spacecraft. You might see an eruption of gas, dark sunspots, or other bursts of energy and matter!

    10.    Meet NASA Experts: Rosa Avalos-Warren, Astrophysics Program Executive and Julie Stoltz, Astrophysics Public Engagement
    Chat with NASA experts about their experiences related to rocket launches and star bursts.
    12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

    11.    Performance: The Chromatics Acapella Group
    Listen to the high-energy vocal stylings of this unique music group as they sing astronomically correct songs about space science and technology.
    10:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 1:30 pm.

  • A map showing where activities will be stationed in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, more details in the caption. The bottom reads 'Made possible with the generous support of Northrop Grumman.'

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