What is the Challenger Learning Center?

A space-themed learning program designed to stimulate a student's interest in science, math, and technology through a series of hands-on experiences and simulations that are tied to classroom learning.

"We Believe..."

- June Scobee Rogers, Ph.D., Founding Chairman

WE BELIEVE in every young mind there is a Window on the Universe.
WE BELIEVE it all begins with a question.
WE BELIEVE hands-on is minds on.
WE BELIEVE exploration is the essence of learning.
WE BELIEVE space is cool, science is fun, but education is essential.
WE BELIEVE education is everyone’s business.
WE BELIEVE imagination is just as important as knowledge.
WE BELIEVE technology is not the answer, it is the tool.
WE BELIEVE science literacy is the key to the 21st century.
WE BELIEVE there are no limits or boundaries to human exploration.

Missions

Goal: The crew arriving on a Mars transport vehicle will replace a crew of astronauts which has manned Mars Control for the past two years and continue their science exploration.

Goal: To establish a permanent base on the Moon to observe, explore, test the feasibility of off-Earth settlements and to serve as a stepping-stone for human planetary exploration.

Goal: To successfully plot a course to rendezvous with a comet (or Halley’s Comet) and launch a probe to collect scientific data.

Goal: To construct a new satellite to replace a malfunctioning one, deploy the satellite, and retrieve important data about the Earth.