Family Day: Destination Space Station

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Commemorate the anniversary of the greatest engineering feat in modern history: the International Space Station. Learn about the station and spaceflight through fun demos and hands-on activities. Build your own space station from recycling materials! Free admission. More information: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/family/index.asp

Home School Day

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Tours, hands-on workshops and activities for home school students. More information: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/homeschool/index.asp

Family Day: Fall with Gravity

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Celebrate the fall season while learning how we can overcome and cope with the force that causes falling! Activities will include sitting in an actual B-2 ejection seat and trying on a parachute. Free admission. More information: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/family/index.asp

Family Day: National Aviation Day

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Commemorate National Aviation Day (and Orville Wright’s birthday) by learning about aerospace technology and history from 1903 to 2015 and beyond through fun demos and hands-on activities. Free admission. More information: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/family/index.asp

Family Day: Newton in Space

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 20 June 2023
Commemorate the anniversaries of both the Apollo 11 and the Apollo 15 moon landings by learning about rocketry and space flight through fun demos and hands-on activities. The museum has the Apollo 15 Command Module on display in the Missile & Space Gallery. Free admission. More information: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/family/index.asp

Family Day: Play Ball

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 20 June 2023
Can you throw a curve ball? Learn about the physics of baseball and other sports through a variety of fun demos and hands-on activities. Free admission. More information: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/education/family/index.asp

Space Fest

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 20 June 2023
Join us May 15-16 for a multitude of exciting space-related activities! The museum and a number of partner organizations will offer hands-on activities for all ages, including special appearances by astronauts, a 5K fun run/walk and 1-mile kids' race, a star-gaze with telescopes, a chance to see the museum's new space shuttle exhibit, model rocket building and launching, and much more. Admission to most activities is FREE! More information: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/spacefest.asp
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