Aviation Education Resources
Boy Scout & Girl Scout Programs at Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center Boy Scout Programs
KANSAS COSMOSPHERE & SPACE CENTER
Customized programs available. Call for dates and pricing.
The Merits of Space Boy Scout Program**
- Space 101: for Boy Scouts
- 6-Day Residential camp
- For Scouts entering grades 6, 7 & 8
- Earn 5 merit badges: Space Exploration, Engineering, Weather, Aviation and Astronomy
- Train for the challenges of living and working in space using KAOS simulators: stress simulator, centrifuge, multi-axis trainer and Mission Control
- Build and launch a model rocket
- Enjoy a campfire and an extended star observing session with state-of-the-art telescopes
- Learn the lessons of history in the Hall of Space Museum - Housing an Apollo White Room; the lost spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7; the Apollo 13 command module, Odyssey; a flown Russian Vostok and many other U.S. and Russian space artifacts
- Tie it all together as your team flies a low Earth orbit mission in the Falcon III spacecraft simulator
Program dates Session 1 June 26 - July 1, 2011 Open
Session 2 July 31 - Aug 5, 2011 Open
Pricing: $550 per scout
ALL NEW! Robotics Merit Badge
- Earn your Robotics Merit Badge
- Details coming soon!
Program dates
October 15, 2011
Pricing: $50 scouts / $25 adults
Engineering Merit Badge
- Earn your Engineering Merit Badge
- Find out what its like to be an engineer
- See live rocket science demonstrations in Dr. Goddard’s Lab
- Dismantle household objects and discover how they work
- Tour the Hall of Space Museum
- Design, build, and operate robots
Program dates November 12 , 2011 February 25, 2012
Pricing: $50 scouts / $25 adults
Space Exploration Merit Badge
- Earn your Space Exploration Merit Badge
- See live rocket science demonstrations in Dr. Goddard's Lab
- Tour of the Hall of Space Museum
- Find out what's going on at the International Space Station
- Build and launch model rockets
- Experience a movie in the Carey IMAX® Dome Theater
Lunch is provided
Program dates
April 16 , 2011 October 8, 2011 November 19, 2011 December 10, 2011
January 21, 2012 March 3 , 2012 April 21 , 2012
Pricing: $50 scouts / $25 adults
Astronomy Merit Badge
- Earn your Astronomy Merit Badge
- Examine the stars and planets in the night sky
- Tour of the Hall of Space Museum
- View a show in the Justice Planetarium
- Experience a movie in the Carey IMAX® Dome Theater
Dinner is provided
Program dates
December 3, 2011 February 18, 2012
Pricing: $45 scouts / $20 adults
ALL-NEW! The Ultimate Combo Overnight
- Earn your Space Exploration, Engineering and Astronomy merit badges
- Spend the night at the Cosmosphere
- Tour the Hall of Space Museum
- Enjoy IMAX, Planetarium and Dr. Goddard's Labe shows
- Build and launch model rockets
- Construct and operate robots
- View the night sky through state-of-the-art telescopes
All meals are provided
Program dates
November 5, 2011 March 24, 2012
Pricing: $95 scouts / $40 adults
The Cosmosphere and the Kansas Underground Salt Museum are making it possible for you to get the most out of your trip to Hutchinson. Earn a merit badge at the Cosmosphere during the day and then tour the salt museum and spend the night 650 feet underground.
The following dates are scheduled. You need to contact both the Cosmosphere and the Salt Museum to make arrangements for your group.
Check for more details on staying 650' underground with your scout troop.
Program dates
- October 8, 2011: Space Exploration
- November 12, 2011: Engineering
- January 21, 2012: Space Exploration
- February 25, 2012: Engineering
Girl Scout Programs
Customized programs available. Call for dates and pricing.
Girl's Night Out – Saturdays 1 p.m. to Sunday 10:30 a.m.
- Earn your Sky Search and Aerospace badges
- Spend a night at the Cosmosphere
- Make liquid oxygen ice cream
- Construct and operate robots
- Train on simulators used in the Future Astronaut Training Program
- Experience a movie in the Carey IMAX® Dome Theater
- View a show in the Justice Planetarium
Dinner and breakfast is provided
Program dates
April 2, 2011 April 16, 2011 May 7, 2011
June 4, 2011 January 28, 2012 March 10, 2012
April 28, 2012
Pricing: $75 scouts / $30 adults
Girl's Night Out (with model rockets) – Saturdays 1 p.m. to Sunday 10:30 a.m.
- Earn your Sky Search and Aerospace badges
- Spend a night at the Cosmosphere
- Make liquid oxygen ice cream
- Construct and operate robots
- Train on simulators used in the Future Astronaut Training Program
- Build and launch model rockets
- View a show in the Justice Planetarium
- Dinner and breakfast is provided
Program dates
November 19, 2011 April 14, 2012
Pricing: $80 scouts / $30 adults
- Brownie Overnight
- Earn your Space Explorer Try-It badge
- Spend a night at the Cosmosphere
- Tour the Hall of Space Museum
- Enjoy a Planetarium show
- Eat ice cream made with Liquid Oxygen!
- Dinner and breakfast is provided
Program dates
- March 3, 2012
- Pricing:
- $35 scouts / $15 adults
For more information or to register for a program, contact Education Coordinator, Laurie Givan at 800-397-0330 or at laurieg@cosmo.org.
*Cancellation policy: If a scout troop cancels within 72 hours of a scheduled program, there will be a $25 fee accessed. If a troop makes a reservation, does not show up the day of the program
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