How to Make a Rainbow in a Box National Space Centre 2020-06-08 | Sophie from the National Space Academy shows you how to create your own spectroscope so that you can make a rainbow in a box.You will need: A chopping board, sellotape, scissors, craft knife, an old CD and our template: spacecentre.co.uk/event/space-craftsScientists and astronomers use bigger versions to identify stars and gases in space. #SpaceCrafts #Rainbow #Space
Whats in the Night Sky: October 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-10-01 | What's in the Night Sky: October 2024 🔭 🌕 Sea of Serenity🔴 Mars ☄️ Possible Naked Eye Comet✨ Constellation of the Month: Orion🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out our tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
How to Draw an Astronaut National Space Centre 2024-09-02 | 🎨 Learn how to draw an astronaut using the shapes of sausages and beans! #art #astronaut #howtodraw
Whats in the Night Sky: September 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-08-30 | What's in the Night Sky: September 2024 🔭 🪐 Saturn at Opposition🌕 Partial Eclipse of the Moon🌌 Andromeda Galaxy✨ Constellation of the Month: Andromeda🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out our tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
How to Draw a Space Monster National Space Centre 2024-08-27 | 🎨👾 We show you how to draw a space monster. You will need: Paper, pencil, black pen, colouring pens and a mug. What do you think we should call the monster?We'd love to see your space monsters. Please share them with us on social.#SciFi #Art #Monster
Space Careers: NASA Astronaut - Don Thomas National Space Centre 2024-08-02 | 👨🏻🚀 Don Thomas, NASA Astronaut, shares his career highlights from four Space Shuttle missions, including the first pizza in space, jellyfish and advice for anyone who wants to work in the space sector. #Space #NASA #Career Website: spacecentre.co.uk
Whats in the Night Sky: August 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-07-31 | What's in the Night Sky: August 2024 🔭 🔴 Mars and Jupiter Conjunction🌕 Occultation of Saturn by the Moon☄️ Perseids Meteor Shower✨ Constellation of the Month: Perseus🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out our tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky Thanks to Hayley for her research. Images from NASA, JPL, E. Karkoschka, Wikimedia Commons
We want more Space Olympics! #olympics #internationalspacestation #astronaut #ISS National Space Centre 2024-07-26 | ...
Can a flag wave on the Moon? National Space Centre 2024-07-24 | It’s been 55 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the Moon with Apollo 11 and planted the United States Flag. The other 5 Apollo missions that made it to the Moon also planted a flag.#Moon #Apollo11 #shorts
The Great Solar System Adventure - Planetarium Show Trailer National Space Centre 2024-06-27 | Join showman extraordinaire "The Great Schiaparelli" as he takes the audience on a death-defying space-time adventure within his wondrous Observatorium. From the sun-scorched surface of Mercury to the icy expanses of Pluto and beyond, prepare to be subjected to the myriad dangers and wonders of our Solar System, on a breathtaking tour that reveals just how precious our home planet really is. Be warned though, the Observatorium isn’t just for show. It will transport the audience right to the heart of some of the deadliest locations in our slice of the heavens. It’s going to take some fancy flying to get everyone back in one piece!Produced by the team that brought you We Are Stars, We Are Aliens, We Are Astronomers and CAPCOM GO! - NSC Creative. Music by Rhian Sheehan. #Planetarium #Animation #Space
Whats in the Night Sky: July 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-06-27 | What's in the Night Sky: July 2024 🔭 🔴 Jupiter and Mars🌕 Mare Frigoris✨ Constellation of the Month: Corona Borealis🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky Website: spacecentre.co.uk
Whats in the Night Sky: June 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-05-28 | What's in the Night Sky: June 2024 🔭 ☁️ Noctilucent Clouds🌕 Plato Crater🔍 Globular Cluster M3✨ Constellation of the Month: Bootes🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky Website: spacecentre.co.uk
✨ Quickfire Questions with NASA astronaut Dr Stan Love ✨#Shorts National Space Centre 2024-05-24 | ✨ Quickfire Questions with NASA astronaut Dr Stan Love ✨Stan flew on the Space Shuttle and will be working in Mission Control for Artemis II when humans travel around the Moon. Watch the full interview about his career on our channel #Space #Astronaut #QuickfireQuestions #NASA
Space Careers: NASA Astronaut - Dr Stan Love National Space Centre 2024-05-24 | 👨🏻🚀 Stan Love, NASA Astronaut, shares his career highlights and advice for anyone who wants to work in the space sector. Discover his journey from student to Space Shuttle Astronaut to Artemis II CAPCOM. #Space #NASA #Career Website: spacecentre.co.uk
The Making of Tetrastar Spaceport National Space Centre 2024-05-20 | Discover how this immersive journey to space with ADA replaced the old SIM ride at the National Space Centre. This is the behind the scenes story of how NSC Creative made Tetrastar Spaceport. #ride #museum #space Website: spacecentre.co.ukCredits:• Original concept idea, creative direction, project management, AV integration, story, content and performance production - NSC Creative• Development design, fabrication, installation, interactives and theming - Meticulous Ltd• Music - Rhian Sheehan• Motion seats, Control Master Real-time API - Simworx• AV, lighting and show control systems design and integration - ABCAV Copyright NSC Creative 2022The creation of Tetrastar Spaceport was supported by the Inspiring Science Fund – a partnership between the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome, as well as the Local Growth Fund from Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP), The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and The Garfield Weston Foundation.00:00-01:06 Your Gateway to the Galaxy01:07-03:40 Why Build an Immersive Experience?03:41-05:44 The Brief05:45-06:21 The Journey Begins06:22-07:23 Meet Skylar07:24-09:48 Meet ADA09:49-12:40 Travelling as a Team12:41-14:00 Creating a Mars Base14:01-15:09 Escaping to Earth15:10-17:31 Reflecting on the Project
Space Careers: Remote Sensing Scientist - Dr Agnieszka Soszynska National Space Centre 2024-05-16 | We sat down with Remote Sensing Scientist Dr Agnieszka Soszynska a Research Associate at the University of Leicester to find out more about analysing satellite data, how it affects climate change and pursuing a career in space. #space #career #satellite Website: spacecentre.co.uk
🍰🚀 #MissionBake - Gingerbread Rockets with Josh Smalley #Shorts #Space #Cake National Space Centre 2024-05-10 | #MissionBake 🍰🚀 The first space-themed bake of this series was inspired by Thor Able and Blue Streak on display in the @NSpaceCentre rocket tower. Does anyone else go straight to see the rockets when they visit? We really hope you’ll have a go at making the gingerbread rockets too. Please share any photos of your bakes with us using #MissionBake. We really would love to see them. Are there any other space-themed bakes you want me to see in this series? Ingredients For the Dough: 120g unsalted butter 120g light muscovado sugar 60g black treacle 60g golden syrup 1 large egg (beaten) 410g self-raising flour 1 tsp ground ginger For the Decoration: 300g icing sugar 30g egg white 1-2 tbsp water (plus more to make flood icing) Colours – Thanks to Rainbow Dust for the cool colours we used to decorate the rockets And your imagination! Bake: Preheat the oven to 180°C; 160°C Fan; Gas 4 When ready put biscuits in the oven and bake for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch. Mission Bake Complete. #space #cake #shorts #shortvideos #baking #cakedecorating #cakes
Whats in the Night Sky: May 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-05-01 | What's in the Night Sky: May 2024 🔭 🌠 Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 🔍 Sunflower Galaxy✨ Constellation of the Month: Canes Venatici🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Whats in the Night Sky: April 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-03-27 | What's in the Night Sky: April 2024 🔭 🌠 Comet 12P/Pons Brooks🌕 Partial Solar Eclipse for some 🔍 Beehive Cluster ✨ Constellation of the Month: Cancer🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Are telescopes time machines? National Space Centre 2024-03-15 | Could you see dinosaurs on Earth if you were on a planet 65 million light-years away? Are telescopes time machines?Can we see all the way back to the Big Bang?This year's theme for British Science Week is Time ⏱️ So we tried to answer these questions. #space #science #timetravel
Whats in the Night Sky: March 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-02-26 | What's in the Night Sky: March 2024 🔭🔴 Jupiter🔎 Mercury🌕 Appenine Mountains✨ Constellation of the Month: Canis Minor🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Astronomy Rap: Nancy Roman National Space Centre 2024-02-11 | “I was told by many people that a woman could not be an astronomer, I’m glad I ignored them.” Find out about Astronomer Nancy Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, the Mother of Hubble and so much more! #WomenInSTEM #Astronomy #Rap #Hubble #Space #womenandgirlsinscience #Music
Whats in the Night Sky: February 2024 🔭 National Space Centre 2024-01-31 | What's in the Night Sky: February 2024 🔭🌠 Comet Kushida 🌕 Sea of Showers🔍 Open Cluster M41✨ Constellation of the Month: Canis Major🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSkyApologies for the space noise interference.
National Space Centre 2023 Highlights National Space Centre 2024-01-30 | 2023 was a record breaking year at the National Space Centre. Here are just some of the highlights of what we got up to.... Thank you to everyone who supported our charity. 🚀 #NationalSpaceCentre #Space #Museum
5 Key Stargazing Words You Need to Know National Space Centre 2024-01-21 | 5 words you should know to help with your stargazing 🌕🪐✨#astronomy #stargazing #space
IGNITE! Funders: Cambridge & Counties Bank National Space Centre 2024-01-08 | Find out how Cambridge & Counties Bank helps the National Space Centre's IGNITE! Community Engagement Programme inspire children and families in Leicester by getting them excited about space and STEM through free accessible, inclusive and hands on activities.Thanks to funding from Cambridge & Counties Bank the IGNITE! team runs After School Clubs, Family Career Days, Co-Creation Projects and In-Person Space Cadets Clubs, they attend events around Leicester and engaged with local communities online during the pandemic. But this is just the start of the ignition process. Get in touch to find out how you can support us with an IGNITE! Package. Email: community@spacecentre.co.uk #SpaceForEveryone #Community #Leicester
What happened to Beagle 2? National Space Centre 2023-12-25 | On Christmas Day 2003, Beagle 2 attempted to land on Mars. But no signal ever came back. What happened to this British mission to the Red Planet? 20 years on, discover the whole story. #space #Beagle2 #Mars
How to Make a Rocket Christmas Tree National Space Centre 2023-12-20 | You can make a rocket Christmas tree with just paint, your hand and a piece of paper! 🚀🎄🎨 Cover your hand in green paint and put a handprint on a piece of paper. Use different colour paints and your fingers to decorate your Christmas tree. Add a star on top. The turn it into a rocket tree (rocketry - get it?) by adding fire coming out of an engine. There you have your rocket Christmas tree.#SpaceCrafts #Christmas #Art
1 Hour Space Mission Experience For Schools and Groups | Tetrastar Spaceport | National Space Centre National Space Centre 2023-12-06 | Tetrastar Spaceport's immersive space mission activity takes a group of students through a mission to a Martian laboratory in which they must work in teams to solve problems, answer questions and deal with emergencies. Time is running out and they must return important samples from the red planet, back home to Earth. Drawing on a variety of skills and covering a wide range of curriculum focused tasks, can your team find examples of life on Mars, and get home safely before it is too late? Slots are only available as part of a visit to the National Space Centre and can be booked as an addition to normal admission prices, through the bookings team.Find out more and book: education.spacecentre.co.uk/visiting-us/tetrastar-spaceport-mission-experience
Whats in the Night Sky: December 2023 National Space Centre 2023-11-28 | What's in the Night Sky: December 2023 🔭🌠 Geminid Meteor Shower🪐 Venus, Jupiter and Saturn🌕 Moon Ray Craters✨ Constellation of the Month: Taurus🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Travel into Space with Tetrastar Spaceport at the National Space Centre National Space Centre 2023-11-06 | Take a seat on the Tharsis spacecraft and join the ever helpful ADA, as you head off on a journey to the stars from Tetrastar Spaceport, the brand-new experience at the National Space Centre. A low Earth orbit cruise is included in your day ticket (subject to availability on weekends and school holidays). Tetrastar Spaceport is suitable for 5+ children (minimum 1m height when accompanied by an adult).Find out more about Your Gateway to the Galaxy: spacecentre.co.uk/explore-the-centre/tetrastar-spaceport#Space #Ride #Museum
How to Make a Floating Space Poo | Space Crafts | National Space Centre National Space Centre 2023-10-26 | How to make a floating space poo as you learn about the grossest story in space history. You will need: paper, pencil, scissors, colouring pencils and a glue stick.#Space #SpaceCrafts #Crafts
Whats in the Night Sky: November 2023 | National Space Centre National Space Centre 2023-10-25 | What's in the Night Sky: November 2023 🔭☀️ Daytime occultation of Venus🌠 Leonids Meteor Shower 🟠 Jupiter at opposition✨ Constellation of the Month: Leo the Lion🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
How to Make a Planetarium Show in 5 Steps | Behind the Scenes | National Space Centre National Space Centre 2023-10-22 | To celebrate 100 years of planetaria, Paul from NSC Creative takes us behind the scenes to show how modern planetarium shows are created at the National Space Centre.NSC Creative is an award-winning studio that specialises in immersive content for XR, Fulldome, Theme Parks and Museums with over 20 years of experience. Heralded globally as innovators of immersion, they have installed immersive experiences in over 1000 venues across 70 countries in 25 languages. The studio has a wide range of expertise from pre to post production and are able to tackle the immense challenges of any immersive project. Situated at the National Space Centre, UK the studio has extensive experience of producing meaningful media, location based experiential design and captivating diverse, cross-generational audiences via immersive storytelling.#Planetarium #Space #100YearsOfPlanetaria
A History of the Planetarium | National Space Centre National Space Centre 2023-10-21 | ✨ As we celebrate 100 years of planetaria, find out how they have developed over time and what cookies have to do with them as David explains the history of the planetarium 🍪#planetarium #space #astronaut
Whats the best thing about the planetarium? #Shorts National Space Centre 2023-10-17 | What's the best thing about the planetarium? 📽️✨#Planetarium #Shorts #Space
Solar System: Order and Scale National Space Centre 2023-10-10 | Discover fun facts about the order and scale of the Solar System. Find out how big the planets would be if the Sun was the size of a yoga ball and learn the order of the planets using a mnemonic. ☀️🟤🟡🌍🔴🟠🪐🔵🔵Find out more at the National Space Centre: spacecentre.co.uk#Space #SolarSystem #Education
Astronomy Rap: Edwin Hubble National Space Centre 2023-09-22 | Discover the life and work of Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer who had a space telescope named after him. #Space #Hubble #Music
Space Careers: British ESA Astronaut Reserve - Dr Meganne Christian National Space Centre 2023-09-04 | Meganne Christian, British ESA Astronaut Reserve, shares her career highlights and advice for anyone who wants to be an astronaut or work in the space sector. Discover her journey from Antarctica to Space. #Career #Astronaut #Space
Whats in the Night Sky: September 2023 National Space Centre 2023-08-30 | What's in the Night Sky: September 2023 🔭🪐 Mercury and Venus🌕 Super Harvest Moon🕳️Tycho Crater✨ Constellation of the Month: Andromeda🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Countdown to launch in 3 languages with Meganne Christian National Space Centre 2023-08-07 | Countdown to launch in Italian, Japanese and French with Meganne Christian, British ESA astronaut reserve. #Shorts #Space #Rocket
Whats in the Night Sky: August 2023 National Space Centre 2023-07-28 | What's in the Night Sky: August 2023 🔭🌠 Perseids Meteor Shower🪐 Saturn and Jupiter🌕 Supermoons✨ Constellation of the Month: Perseus🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
James Webb Space Telescope: One Year On National Space Centre 2023-07-14 | Professor Nial Tanvir, Dr Sarah Casewell and Dr Henrik Melin from the University of Leicester joined Space Expert Dhara Patel at the National Space Centre to celebrate the one year anniversary of the release of the Webb Telescope's first science images.They discussed the images Webb has produced and what that tells us about the Gas Giants in our Solar System, exoplanets and galaxies. #Webb #Space #STEM
IGNITE! Leicester West Takeover National Space Centre 2023-07-05 | In June pupils from four schools in Leicester West, who are excelling in STEM subjects, joined us at the National Space Centre to take part in exciting activities including flying drones and learning about space careers. The day was made possible by Liz Kendall MP who is a champion of our IGNITE! Community Programme. Since its launch in 2019 our team have engaged with over 5,000 children and families to make a positive difference in the lives of those in the communities on our doorstep. #SpaceForEveryone #Leicester #Community
Whats in the Night Sky: July 2023 National Space Centre 2023-06-29 | What's in the Night Sky: July 2023🌌 Planetary Nebula M27🪐 The Planets🌕 Sea of Tranquility✨ Constellation of the Month: Aquila🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Whats in the Night Sky: June 2023 National Space Centre 2023-05-31 | ☁️ Noctilucent Clouds🔴 Mars and Venus🔻 The Summer Triangle🦢 Constellation of the Month: Cygnus the Swan🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
Mission Briefing: JUICE | ESAs Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer National Space Centre 2023-05-23 | All the juiciest facts about ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa, which launched on 14 April 2023. spacecentre.co.uk/news/space-now-blog/juice-esa-s-mission-to-the-icy-moons-of-jupiter#Space #Jupiter #MissionBriefing
How To Make Your Own Moon Base National Space Centre 2023-04-29 | We're going back to the Moon to stay, with Artemis. Claire shows you how to make your own Moon base using things from around the house like toilet roll tubes. What do you think you would need in your own lunar base? We'd love to see your creations, please share them with us on social.
Whats in the Night Sky: May 2023 National Space Centre 2023-04-28 | What's in the Night Sky: May 2023 🔭🌑 Venus☁️ Noctilucent Clouds🌕 The Moon and Jupiter✨ Constellation of the Month: Lyra🔭 Whether you're a beginner or an expert, looking at the night sky with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, check out Hayley's tour of the night sky to find out what you can see this month. #WINS #Astronomy #WhatsInTheNightSky
5 Facts About JUICE - ESAs Mission to Jupiter National Space Centre 2023-04-12 | How many of these facts did you know about ESA's JUICE mission, which will study Jupiter and its moons? #shorts #space #science
Jupiter Facts National Space Centre 2023-04-11 | How many of these Jupiter facts did you know ahead of the launch of ESA's JUICE mission on 13 April? 🎾🕙 #shorts #space #science
