Summer at the National Space Centre

Enjoy an unforgettable family day out this summer. Discover our brand-new Outer Solar System experience, meet giant dinosaurs, take part in hands-on activities and enjoy a free award-winning planetarium show with your first visit. With six interactive galleries and air-conditioned spaces, it’s the perfect retreat for hot sunny days.

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Outer Solar System Experience
Giant Dinosaurs, Activities & more
Roar-some Film Club

New Outer Solar System Experience

Journey beyond our cosmic neighbourhood and explore mysterious worlds in the brand-new Outer Solar System Experience.

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Meet Giant Dinosaurs

Come face-to-face with the fearsome Carnotaurus and more as Roar & Explore takes over for the summer.

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Talks and Activities

Please note: drop-in activities and talks vary depending on the day of your visit

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Create your own Extremophile
- Outer Solar System Experience
Become a cosmic creator and design your very own alien! Can your creature adapt to extreme environments in the Solar System?
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Asteroid Impact Investigators
- Drop-In Activity - Around the Galleries
Take a closer look at a replica core sample from the Chicxulub crater, on loan from Dr Sarah Casewell, and uncover how it reveals the story of the asteroid that ended the age of dinosaurs.
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Fossil Discovery Zone
- Drop-In Activity - Around the Galleries
Grab your tools and join the Dino Space Agency for a hands-on fossil hunt—who knows what prehistoric treasures you’ll find?
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R.O.A.R - The Dinosaur Space Agency
- Drop-In Talk - LIVE Space
Join the R.O.A.R team to find out more about Near Earth Objects and what’s being done right now to keep Earth safe
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Dinostronomers
- Drop-In Talk - LIVE Space
What would the night sky have looked like in the time of the dinosaurs? Would we have looked up in the Mesozoic Era and seen anything different?
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Life Finds a Way
- Drop-In Talk - LIVE Space
How does life start and survive in extreme conditions? What does it take to create life, and could life on our planet help us understand how it could exist on other planets?