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The National Space Centre is one of the United Kingdom's leading visitor attractions devoted to space science and astronomy. It is located in the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar. The building was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, and it opened to the public on 30 June 2001. Image File history File links Information. ...
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Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ...
A Visitor attraction is a place that primarily, or as a side-effect of its main purpose, caters for visitors, be they tourists, day-trippers or those on an educational mission. ...
For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). ...
Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
The river in Leicester The River Soar is a tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands. ...
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (born 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including the international railway terminal at Londons Waterloo Station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. ...
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The centre arose from a partnership between the University of Leicester's Space Research Centre and local government agencies. The total construction cost was £52m, £26m of which came from a Millennium Commission grant, and the rest from private sector sponsors. It is run as an educational charity, and offers science workshops for school children of all ages. University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ...
The Millennium Commission logo The Millennium Commission in the United Kingdom was set up to aid communities at the end of the 2nd millennium and the start of the 3rd millennium. ...
The private sector of a nations economy consists of all that is outside the state. ...
The Beagle 2 Mars spacecraft was controlled from the centre's Landing Operations Control Centre. Beagle 2 as it would have looked on Mars Beagle 2 was an unsuccessful British landing spacecraft that formed part of the European Space Agencys 2003 Mars Express mission. ...
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ...
The Centre has on display the only known Soyuz spacecraft in Western Europe (there is one at the Smithsonian Institution as part of their Apollo-Soyuz Test Project display). Soyuz (Russian: Союз, pronounced sah-YOUS, meaning union) is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolyov for the Soviet Unions space program. ...
The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the U.S. and Soviet space programs. ...
It is closed on Mondays, except for Mondays which are bank holidays or in school holidays. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Galleries and amenities The centre has six main galleries: - Into Space covers most space hardware, from the rockets that take probes and humans into space, to the specially packaged food humans can eat during their stay. The gallery also includes a life-size mock-up of the European Space Agency's International Space Station Columbus module.
- Exploring The Universe covers some of the most exotic space topics, from black holes to the age of the universe.
- Orbiting Earth tells the story of how humans use satellites to improve their daily lives — from telecommunication to forecasting the weather.
- Space Now is a live gallery that brings visitors "today's news from space". The gallery hosts live demonstrations, and the news desk provides visitors with an opportunity to ask any space-related questions that puzzle them. The gallery is accompanied by Space Now, a space news website.
- Tranquillity Base opened in July 2005, and allows visitors to experience what it would be like to live in a lunar base in the year 2025. Visitors train as astronauts working for AESA — the All Earth Space Agency.
There is also the Space Theatre: an immersive digital theatre and planetarium-style based on Digistar 3 technology. Paris headquarters The ESA control room in Darmstadt, Germany The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1974, is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member states. ...
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Astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit outside the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984. ...
Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. ...
Willamette Meteorite A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives an impact with the Earths surface without being destroyed. ...
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Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...
Digistar 3 is a dome-based projection technology created by Evans & Sutherland - to offer audiences immersive entertainment and education experiences that integrate fulldome video, real time 3D computer graphics, and a digital planetarium facility. ...
The gift shop called Cargo Bay, and the restaurant at the base of the Rocket Tower is known as Boosters.
The National Space Centre hosts the UK Government's official Near-Earth object (NEO) Information Centre [1]. An exhibition about NEOs can be found in the centre's The Planets gallery, with sister exhibitions in the Natural History Museum in London, and Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ...
Near-Earth objects (NEO) are asteroids, comets and large meteoroids whose orbit intersects Earths orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger. ...
For other similarly-named museums see Museum of Natural History. ...
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Our Dynamic Earth is a Scottish science centre and prominent conference venue and visitor attraction located in Holyrood, Edinburgh, beside the Scottish Parliament Building. ...
For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ...
Events Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, visited the Space Centre in June 2005. The first Star Wars Day was held on 30 July 2005. Due to the popularity of this event, Star Wars weekend was held on 12 November and 13 November 2005. The centre hosted a Doctor Who exhibition from 22 November 2005 to 8 January 2006. A Sci-Fi Weekend on the weekend beginning 17 June 2006 included a live-action experience similar to Alien War. On 19 July 2006 NASA astronaut Brian Duffy visited and told people about his trip to space. More recently the National Space Centre hosted a UK tour of the NASA STS 121 crew, including UK born Piers Sellers. The crew spoke to MPs, industry leaders and school children about the UK Space Industry. Many of the children who met the crew said they were inspired to consider science and technology as a further education topic. Colonel Buzz Aldrin, Sc. ...
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Star Wars is an epic space opera saga and a fictional universe initially developed by George Lucas during the 1970s and expanded since that time. ...
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Alien War logo Alien War was a total reality experience in the United Kingdom that originally opened at the Arches in Glasgow themed around the Alien series of films. ...
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Brian Duffy Brian Duffy (Colonel, USAF, Ret. ...
Piers John Sellers (born 11 April 1955) is a British born US astronaut and veteran of a single space shuttle mission. ...
In 2007 the National Space Centre celebrates 50 Years in Space: the anniversary of the first satellite, Sputnik.
Events for 2007 include:
10 February – 25 February Space Close Up - Telescopes is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- Take control of the £10 million Faulkes Telescope in Hawaii
- See stunning deep space telescopes, including Hubble, images
- Learn how to use a telescope
- Find out what you can see in the night sky tonight
- Build star clocks and join in other craft sessions
31 March – 15 April An Alien Easter Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area Ranked 43rd - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²) - Width n/a miles (n/a km) - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km) - % water 41. ...
See: Hubble Space Telescope Edwin Hubble Hubbles law Hubble sequence This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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- See close up science with our gallery buskers
- Join in on the Alien Egg Hunt
- Enjoy the under 5’s storytime
- Build your own alien and join in other craft sessions
12 April Yuri’s Night is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Space Centre and Leicester Astronomical Society will be hosting an astronomy night, for people to come and look at the night sky, learn how to use telescopes and understand all about our little bit of space and beyond.
4 May May the Fourth be with you…. is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
- A champagne reception with Star Wars characters
- A three course dinner in the Rocket Tower
- Mingling with the stars of the film
- Bidding on exclusive memorabilia for charity
Details have not been confirmed as of February 2007.
5 May – 7 May Star Wars 30th Birthday Celebrations is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- Meet the stars and characters from the films
- Join the Jedi School
- Build your own Star Wars space craft
- Test yourself in the Star Wars interactive quiz
26 May – 3 June A Half Term journey to explore Living in Space is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- Discover what is takes to be an Astronaut
- Learn how to cook in space
- Becoming a Space Tourist
- Building astronauts and other craft sessions
23 June – 24 June Armageddon… Rise of the Robots is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- Enter the Combat Zone and see the fighting robots
- Build your own robot and compete in the arena
- Meet robot builders and see stars from TV series Robot Wars
14 July – 3 September A Solar System Summer is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A trip to one of the eight planets in our Solar System:
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22 September– 23 September Star Wars Weekend is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- Meet your favourite characters
- Join in craft classes
- More information to follow
Entrance to the event is free to all National Space Centre ticket holders. Extra activities may incur a separate charge. This event is subject to change.
4 October 50 Years in Space is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
This is the anniversary of the launch of the first satellite, Sputnik, which marks the beginning of man’s journey into space.
The National Space Centre will be celebrating the event, bringing activities for World Space Week…
3 November – 4 November Sci-fi Weekend is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- See stunning original props and costumes from the sci-fi genre
- Take part in the world famous Alien Encounter
- Join the Colonial Marines for a “Bug Hunt”
- Loads more to be confirmed
See also The British National Space Centre (or BNSC) is a voluntary partnership between eleven UK government departments and research councils. ...
University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park - Left to right: the Department of Engineering, the Attenborough tower, the Charles Wilson building. ...
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