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Returning Soon! The iconic Pathfinder Shuttle Stack stands as a testament to the 30-year program that moved humans from a space-launch people to a space-dwelling people. The space shuttle’s main engines, external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters—the heart that powered the shuttle fleet—were designed, manufactured, and built in Alabama.

Learn about the summer night sky and the various objects that are visible at this time of year, in this live and interactive presentation. Your personal tour guide to the cosmos will teach you to navigate through the sky and highlight constellations, planets, and even some deep sky objects such as galaxies and nebulae.

This interactive space allows visitors to become engineers as they work on design challenges featuring a selection of activities that inspire students of all ages to use critical-thinking skills to solve problems and realize they, too, can be inventors.