San Diego Space Society

SD Space Summer Field Trips – CMSC

Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar on May 27, 2010

9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Location:
Columbia Memorial Space Center
12400 Columbia Way, Downey, CA 90242

It’s time for the start of the SD Space Summer Field Trips. We’ll first be visiting the new Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey California from 12pm – 4pm (departing San Diego at 9am) and having lunch before we arrive at the Center.

Additional summer trips/tours include a behind-the-scenes Palomar Observatory astronomy tour, the historic Mount Wilson Observatory summer tour, a return to SpaceX and hopefully Orbital Outfitters is being planned and we’ll finish out the summer with a Mojave Spaceport (think XCOR, Masten Space Systems, etc) tour.

The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a unique space science learning center located in Downey, California. Focusing on engineering, technology and science, it’s goal is to teach young people about space exploration and aviation with fun, hands-on experiences.

The Space Center features an interactive Robotics Lab, a state-of-the-art Magic Planet exhibit, a two-story Rocket Launcher, and L.A.’s only Challenger Learning Center for simulated space missions. You can even land the Space Shuttle, explore the Earth from Space, plan a trip to Mars and make your own solar system at one of our computers.

Please RSVP, as space is limited.