20/01/2010
East Midlands Team Invited to Teach NASA

The National Space Centre’s Space Academy team has been invited to take centre-stage at the world’s largest space educat

12/01/2010
Space Olympics coming this Half Term

Can’t make it to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics? Why not try out our very own Space Olympics right here in the heart

03/12/2009
Astronaut to visit Leicester University

NASA astronaut; Professor Jeff Hoffman will be lecturing in Leicester on ‘The Future of Human Space Exploration’.

23/11/2009
NASA Astronaut Charlie Duke visits National Space Centre

One of Only Twelve Men to Walk on the Moon Lands in Leicester

13/11/2009
Rosetta makes final Earth fly-by

The European Space Agency (ESA) probe Rosetta is on a ten year journey to visit the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

09/10/2009
Space Centre Wins Large Visitor Attraction of the Year Award

For the second time in three years the National Space Centre has scooped the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year Award