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Special Member Preview: September 19, 2025

Opens September 20, 2025

Welcome to Mission: Astronaut, a hands-on experience where visitors learn about space exploration, the technology that makes it possible, and how it benefits life on Earth, through astronaut training challenges.

Each section presents interactive tasks that require an astronaut’s mindset to solve, focusing on engineering, physics, teamwork, and fun!

Highlights:

Welcome to Training:

  • Meet your Astronaut Guides!
  • Packing for Space

Science in Space:

  • Interact with space experiments and discover space research projects
  • Growing Plants

Space Operations:

  • Pilot a robotic arm
  • Engineer a Spacesuit
  • Docking the Capsule

Future of Space Exploration:

  • Explore futuristic space habitats in the immersive area
  • Choose a mission in the interactive Reflection Area
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