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Downey
This modest museum on the former Boeing plant where Apollo modules were built packs serious hands-on fun. Kids can program robots, explore aerospace engineering, and try not to crash the Space Shuttle into the desert at the landing simulator.
Hands-on science museum
Kid-friendly learning
Space shuttle history
Robotics lab experience
Tips
🚀"I could spend all day at the shuttle landing simulator, trying not to bury the spacecraft in Rodgers Dry Lake"
🤖robotics lab teaches programming basics to younger kids
📞call ahead to check for event closures
Columbia Memorial Space Center
DowneyOpens Friday at 10:00 AM










This modest museum on the former Boeing plant where Apollo modules were built packs serious hands-on fun. Kids can program robots, explore aerospace engineering, and try not to crash the Space Shuttle into the desert at the landing simulator.
Hands-on science museum
Kid-friendly learning
Space shuttle history
Robotics lab experience
Tips
🚀"I could spend all day at the shuttle landing simulator, trying not to bury the spacecraft in Rodgers Dry Lake"
🤖robotics lab teaches programming basics to younger kids
📞call ahead to check for event closures