Your Journey Starts Here

With six interactive galleries, the UK’s largest planetarium, and the iconic 42m high Rocket Tower, the award-winning National Space Centre is an out of this world experience.

Open Today 10:00 - 17:00

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Monday - Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00

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National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
Leicester
LE4 5NS

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What's on

Go 7! Apollo Half Term

13 October 2018 - 04 November 2018

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first mission in the Apollo space programme to carry a crew into space.

Family Halloween Party

27 October 2018

Fly, slither or crawl your way to the National Space Centre this Halloween as spooky science takes over.

Robin Ince and Friends

09 November 2018

Join Robin and friends in a night of science, logic, comedy, music and madness, we just hope you can keep…

Leicester Whisky Festival

17 November 2018

An evening dedicated to the “water of life”.

Steampunks in Space… Return to the Red Planet

24 - 25 November 2018

Travelling in time, the Steampunks are back, or maybe they never left, who knows with time travel?

The FAB Worlds of Anderson

15 - 16 June 2019

We celebrate the fantastic legacy of Gerry And Sylvia Anderson in this very special weekend.

Small Space Santa Special 2018

21 December 2018

Join us for a very special pre-Christmas Small Space day, including a visit from a very jolly chap en route…

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Recent Blog Post:

The British space explorer’s guide to Brexit

22/10/2018Written by Tamela Maciel

Our FAQ guide to British space exploration after Brexit.

UK spaceport. Credit: Lockheed Martin.

@spacecentre:

@spacecentre 22/10/2018

Superflares From Young Red Dwarf Stars Imperil Planets - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is observing such stars thro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Your Journey Starts Here

Opening Times

How to find us

Book Here

What's on

Go 7! Apollo Half Term

Family Halloween Party

Robin Ince and Friends

Leicester Whisky Festival

Steampunks in Space… Return to the Red Planet

The FAB Worlds of Anderson

Small Space Santa Special 2018

Recent Blog Post:

The British space explorer’s guide to Brexit