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 - 16:00

Opening Times

Mon - Friday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sat - Sun: 10:00 - 17:00

How to find us

National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
Leicester
LE4 5NS

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What's on

Gintergalactic

23 March 2019

The Out of this World Gin Event

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Apollo Easter

06 - 28 April 2019

This Easter our egg will be Apollo shaped with a BRAND-NEW Planetarium show!

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Revenge of the Fifth

05 May 2019

An evening with the Dark side of the Force.

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Small Space Day

10 May 2019

Small Space is the Toddler Takeover day for our youngest astronauts to enjoy.

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Home Education Day

15 May 2019

A day dedicated to home educated children and their families

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Apollo 10 Anniversary Dinner

18 May 2019

We’re joined by some very special guests to celebrate the unsung heroes of the Apollo space programme.

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Apollo 10 – The Team Who Got Us to the Moon

18 - 19 May 2019

To celebrate the 50th anniversary year of the first Moon landing we’re reuniting some of the team behind this historic…

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Film Club – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

25 May 2019

There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is.

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Apollo 10 – Almost There

25 May 2019 - 02 June 2019

The dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing

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The FAB Worlds of Anderson

15 - 16 June 2019

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

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Events

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Recent Blog Post:

Alcohol in Space

20/03/2019Written by Hannah Baker

Can astronauts drink?

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@spacecentre 20/03/2019

So what exactly is a #Supermoon? Watch this short animation to find out. youtube.com/watch?v=qZaxqM…