Following Government lockdown guidelines, the National Space Centre is currently closed. We hope to reopen after 17 May 2021, however, this is subject to change.

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What's on

Space Cadets Club

31 March 2021 - 14 April 2021

Over the Easter Holidays our Discovery team will be hosting a brand new ONLINE…

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Alien and Exoplanet Easter

29 March 2021 - 18 April 2021

Join the National Space Centre ONLINE for a three week mission to discover the possibility of life in our Universe.

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BritSciFi ONLINE

14 - 16 May 2021

A free ONLINE celebration of British Science Fiction.

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Space Crafts

11 July 2020

Discover fun Space Crafts and downloadable resources.

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Events
mascot Look Right Down

Recent Blog Post:

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2021

13/04/2021Written by Malika Andress

In 2021, the Lyrids peak in the pre-dawn morning of 22 April, with 10 to 20 meteors per hour.
@spacecentre:

💬 @NASA EECOM Controller Sy Liebergot: "On #Apollo13 most of the decisions that were made were all done within 8 hours."

In 2019 we reunited Sy, Gerry Griffin, Bill Moon and Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried to answer questions about their careers at NASA. https://youtu.be/0GL4jj_kd68