National Space Centre, Leicester Videos
Videos by National Space Centre in Leicester. 🪐 UK's largest attraction dedicated to space ☀️ Charity ✨ Tetrastar Spaceport 🚀 #SpaceForEveryone
IGNITE! Funders: Cambridge & Counties Bank
Find out how Cambridge & Counties Bank helps the National Space Centre's IGNITE! Community Engagement Programme inspire children and families in Leicester by getting them excited about space and STEM through free accessible, inclusive and hands on activities.
Thanks to funding from Cambridge & Counties Bank the IGNITE! team runs After School Clubs, Family Career Days, Co-Creation Projects and In-Person Space Cadets Clubs, they attend events around Leicester and engaged with local communities online during the pandemic.
But this is just the start of the ignition process. Get in touch to find out how you can support us with an IGNITE! Package. Email: [email protected]
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IGNITE! Funders: Cambridge & Counties Bank
Find out how Cambridge & Counties Bank helps the National Space Centre's IGNITE! Community Engagement Programme inspire children and families in Leicester by getting them excited about space and STEM through free accessible, inclusive and hands on activities.
Thanks to funding from Cambridge & Counties Bank the IGNITE! team runs After School Clubs, Family Career Days, Co-Creation Projects and In-Person Space Cadets Clubs, they attend events around Leicester and engaged with local communities online during the pandemic.
But this is just the start of the ignition process. Get in touch to find out how you can support us with an IGNITE! Package. Email: [email protected]
This is the party you are looking for... 🎄 Thanks to everyone who joined us for another sold-out year of Christmas party nights 🎅 Want to join us in 2024? Get in touch to join our waiting list #ChristmasParty #NationalSpaceCentre #partytime
What happened to Beagle 2?
On Christmas Day 2003 Beagle 2 attempted to land on Mars. 🔴
But no signal ever came back. What happened to this British mission to the Red Planet? 📡
20 years on, discover the whole story.
#Space #Beagle2 #Mars
Christmas Tree < Rocket Tree! 🎄 Make your own Rocket Christmas Tree with some paint, your hand, and a piece of paper (and some fire) #christmascraft #rocket #space #activitiesforkids #craft
20 years ago Beagle 2 was about to attempt to land on Mars, but what happened to it? ❓ On Christmas Day we tell the whole story #Beagle2 #Mars #NationalSpaceCentre #Space
🚀 After School Club is our IGNITE! Community Engagement Programme's flagship 6-week programme, held at libraries across Leicester, for kids aged 7-12. We help inspire the next generation to get excited about space and STEM through free accessible, inclusive and hands-on activities. #Space #Leicester #STEM #Community #SpaceForEveryone
Schools & Groups - are you up for the ultimate space challenge? Introducing Tetrastar Spaceport, your gateway to the galaxy! You have one hour to save a mission to Mars using science and teamwork. Perfect for years 5-8 and group sizes between 12-33. Do you have what it takes to save the day?
🎄 This is your sign to visit the space centre at Christmas #christmas #daysoutwithkids #nationalspacecentre #leicester
What's in the Night Sky: December 2023
What's in the Night Sky: December 2023 🔭
🌠 Geminid Meteor Shower
🪐 Venus, Jupiter and Saturn
🌕 Moon Ray Craters
✨ Constellation of the Month: Taurus
🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Steampunks in Space
Welcome to all the Steampunks, Steam-curious and everybody above ground (or below it) who are joining us this weekend to celebrate a steam powered history of science fiction, thanks to Jules Verne and H G Wells. #SteampunksInSpace
On Saturday and Sunday join Professor Otto Lidenbrock for a journey like no other, to the Centre of the Earth, for fun, games, workshops, exhibitions, dinosaurs, costumes and cake!
Just book a standard day ticket and the event is included (if you are an Annual Pass holder this event is included, but don't forget to book using your Annual Pass). https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/whats-on/steampunks-in-space/
It’s been 25 years of the International Space Station! 🎉 The first segment launched 25 years ago today on the 20 November 1998 Here are some things you should know about the ISS Credit: NASA and ESA #InternationalSpaceStation #space #ISS #astronaut #UKSpaceAgency
Who would you take to space? Music credit rhiansheehan #gatewaytothegalaxy #tetrastarspaceport #Leicester #NationalSpaceCentre #space
What song would Maddie Moate play on the launch pad on her way to space? 🎵 We couldn't resist asking Maddie some quickfire questions when she brought her new book A Very Curious Christmas to #StorytimeSaturday #QuickfireQuestions #Space #sciencecommunication #AVeryCuriousChristmas Puffin Books
Join us on 25-26 November for our last ever Steampunks in Space! ✨ We're journeying off world and to the centre of the Earth for encounters with dinosaurs, aliens and all things steam powered sci-fi 🤖 All welcome, book a standard day ticket or annual pass visit for entry to the event on our website Photo credit: Soulstealer Photography
Would you rather: gross space facts edition 💩 Thank you to everyone who joined us this half term to learn all about the Grossology of space! Tell us your favourite disgusting space facts in the comments 🚀 #FamilySpaceQuiz #nationalspacecentre #gross #astronaut
Travel into Space with Tetrastar Spaceport at the National Space Centre
Now boarding: Take a seat on the Tharsis spacecraft and join the ever helpful ADA, as you head off on a journey to the stars from Tetrastar Spaceport, the brand-new experience at the National Space Centre. 🚀🌍
A low Earth orbit cruise is included in your day ticket (subject to availability on weekends and school holidays). Tetrastar Spaceport is suitable for 5+ children (minimum 1m height when accompanied by an adult).
Find out more: https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/explore-the-centre/tetrastar-spaceport/
Need some space? #TetrastarSpaceport now boarding at the National Space Centre* 🚀 Take a seat on the Tharsis spacecraft and join the ever-helpful ADA, as you head off on a journey to the stars ✨ #GatewayToTheGalaxy #NationalSpaceCentre #Leicester #ThingsToDo #Space
How an Apollo Astronaut Nearly Lost his Wedding Ring in Space
As we remember the life of Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly, discover the amazing story of how he *nearly* lost his wedding ring in space. 💍
From the archive: Charlie Duke tells the story of how it floated out into space, Duke failed to grab it, but amazingly it hit Mattingly on the helmet during his EVA, and bounced back into the hatch.