Challenger Center to Do Live Link with the International Space Station
Richland One’s Challenger Learning Center will do a live amateur radio downlink with the astronauts orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station on Thursday, October 16 at 12:30 p.m. The event also will be broadcast live on the national Challenger Center website: www.challenger.org. More>>

Challenger Center at the National Conference in Seattle

The Challenger Learning Center was honored at the 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington. This conference is known for exposing the best centers. The Challenger Learning Center was recognized and awarded for simulating the most space missions of any stand-alone Challenger Center associated with a school.

Dr. June Scobee Rogers, wife of Challenger astronaut Dick Scobee and co-founder of Challenger Center,Dr. William Putsch, President and CEO of the Challenger Center presented Richland One's Challenger Learning Center Director, Thelma Clavon with the award at a special ceremony at Seattle's Museum of Flight. This award is on display in the administrative office of the Center.More>>

Astronauts and Distinguished Guest Visit the Challenger Center!

Many astronauts and other distinguished guest has visited the Challenger Learning Center . More>>

Challenger Center Features The Tuskegee Airman Award

African Americans have played a key role in the success of the United States military, despite adversity. Qualified individuals were denied management roles in the armed forces, which included flying planes. This all ended in 1940, when civil rights organizations and the black press used the media to put pressure on the military, which resulted in the formation of an all black pursuit squadron. They were based in Tuskegee, Alabama, and became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. More>>

Challenger Center Celebrates National Space Week

The Challenger Learning Center celebrated National Space Week on October 4-10, 2007 with over 100 Richland County School District One students. These students were able to experience the simulated space missions and the e-Planetarium show of the exciting Earth Wild Ride (3-D Movie) They had an opportunity to learn about the history of space exploration along with making their very own take home sputnik model.

A life size sputnik model was displayed at the entry of the Challenger Learning Center. Students were informed of the birth and purpose of Sputnik and how it contributed to technology and science today.

Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, world-renowned astrophysicist visited the Center during our National Space Week celebration. Dr. Tyson is a Harvard graduate and is the current director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of National History in New York City. He was able to tour the Challenger Center and learn how we inspire students about science, engineering, mathematics, and technology. More>>

The Challenger Learning Center 2009 Summer Camp Programs
“Come Fly With Us”

The Space, Science Engineering Camp is a fun-filled week of rocket building, classroom and outdoor activity, patch design, wind tunnel experiments, virtual flight simulation and many other space science activities. More>>

WA Perry Middle School Experience the Celestial Life with the Challenger Learning Center

Sixteen WA Perry Middle School eight graders participated in an astronomy activity at the Challenger Learning Center. This lesson used Marzano's strategies of learning compared comets, stars, and telescopes. During the laboratory investigations, students were able to test and explain their hypothesis while using rubrics to determine the strengths and limitations of simulated aircrafts. These students had the opportunity to fly simulated space missions to study comets after creating a model of a comet in class. More>>