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    • Home
    • About
      • Our Mission
      • Our History
      • Challenger
      • Our Crew
      • FAQs
      • Employment Opportunities
    • For Teachers
      • Fieldtrip Options
      • SPACE Academy (PreK-4th)
      • COSMIC Academy (5-12th)
      • Virtual Missions (Gr 5-8)
    • For General Public
      • Upcoming Programs
      • Birthday Parties
      • Family/Group Missions
      • Corporate Missions
      • Rentals
      • Gift Certificates
    • Giving
      • Ways to Give
    • Golf Classic
    • Chicken BBQ
Challenger Learning Center of the Twin Tier

716-379-8686

  • Home
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Our History
    • Challenger
    • Our Crew
    • FAQs
    • Employment Opportunities
  • For Teachers
    • Fieldtrip Options
    • SPACE Academy (PreK-4th)
    • COSMIC Academy (5-12th)
    • Virtual Missions (Gr 5-8)
  • For General Public
    • Upcoming Programs
    • Birthday Parties
    • Family/Group Missions
    • Corporate Missions
    • Rentals
    • Gift Certificates
  • Giving
    • Ways to Give
  • Golf Classic
  • Chicken BBQ

Book Now for this school year (24-25)!

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Virtual Missions

Virtual Missions are space-themed virtual experiences delivered to students in real-time by Challenger Learning Center Staff using video conference technology—perfect for in-person, remote & hybrid classrooms. Students practice critical 21st century skills including teamwork, collaboration & problem-solving.  

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About

  • Geared towards Gr. 5-8th
  • For a group of 8-24 students (Divided in to 4 teams)
  • Approximate program time: 1 hour
  • Pre- and post-lesson activities available
  • Closed captioning available
  • Primarily focuses on Earth and space science themes, it also integrates physical science topics. 
  • Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned (See Download section for details)
  • Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned (See Download section for details)
  • Internet connection required
  • Device with audio/video capability required
  • No personal student data collected
  • NY State School mission costs are aidable through the Distance Learning Coser 420 

Steps for Registration

  1. Choose a mission based on your grade level or topic of interest.
  2. Once a date is picked please request the date on our Google Appointment page.
  3. A registration form will be emailed to you for completion.

book NOw for 2025-2026 school year

 We are currently booking for the 2025-2026 school year.  You can request a day through our google appointment calendar. 

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Virtual Missions

Destination Mars

Destination Mars

Destination Mars

  Researchers are ready to explore Mars, but there’s one problem— more than 40 million miles separate Earth from the Red Planet. 

This distance makes it impossible to travel back and forth between the two planets while completing our research. We need to build a base on one of the Red Planet’s moons, Deimos or Phobos, that will allow us to send a spacecraft to the surface of Mars and back in the fastest and safest way possible. Your students will work in teams to select which moon is best to build our base by analyzing three sets of data collected by rovers on Deimos and Phobos. The team’s research efforts come to a halt when they encounter a critical emergency. To successfully explore Mars’ moons and complete the mission, your students must work together to protect the rovers and restore communication, analyze the data from their experiments, and select a moon to build a base. 

Destination Moon

Destination Mars

Destination Mars

  Researchers are ready to return to the Moon to explore its surface and establish a second habitat for astronauts to live and work. 

To get there, your students will work in teams to launch and fly Blue Origin’s reusable launch vehicle, New Glenn, into orbit; safely land Blue Origin’s lunar lander, Blue Moon, on the lunar surface; and prepare to explore the Moon’s surface. While in orbit, they’ll monitor for potentially dangerous space weather and space debris, conduct safety checks on the spacecraft systems, deploy and monitor satellites, and launch payloads. With the journey underway, your students in Mission Control learn there’s an emergency on the original lunar habitat. They’ll collaborate with another crew to problem solve and troubleshoot the emergency. Will the crews solve the urgent issue? A successful mission depends on it. 

The team’s research efforts come to a halt when they encounter a critical emergency. To successfully explore Mars’ moons and complete the mission, your students must work together to protect the rovers and restore communication, analyze the data from their experiments, and select a moon to build a base.

Earth Oydessy

Destination Mars

Earth Oydessy

 Earth-monitoring sensors on the International Space Station are outdated and need to be replaced with new, state-of-the-art hardware. Your students will work together to program robotic arms, capture a cargo craft using a robotic arm, monitor astronaut vitals during a spacewalk as they install new sensors, and collect and analyze data from Earth-monitoring satellites. The new sensors will collect data on Earth processes and events taking place on our planet. As crew members complete mission objectives, they’ll communicate with each other while monitoring real-time events occurring on Earth. It’s critical the crew maintains communications so they can respond to any emergencies should they arise. Crew members will help protect people and the environment by monitoring global events and predicting outcomes. The data retrieved from this mission are critical for scientists as they continue to investigate Earth and how it is changing.

Options

Virtual Mission - $250

Space Themed Virtual Mission

A group of 8-24 students.

1 hr

the 2025-2026 school year is now open!

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Book now for 2025-2026 School Year

 We are currently booking for the 2025-2026 school year. Date are available on a 1st come 1st serve basis. You can request a day through our google appointment calendar. 

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Downloads

Files available for download.

Virtual Missions flyer - Short (pdf)Download
Virtual Missions flyer (pdf)Download
System Requirements for Virtual Missions (pdf)Download
Parent-Guardian Permission for Online Programs (pdf)Download
Destination Mars - Storyline and Teams (pdf)Download
Destination Mars Standards Alignment (pdf)Download
Destination Mars Skills Overview Document (pdf)Download
Destination_Moon_Standards_Alignment_Final (pdf)Download
Destination_Moon_StorylineTeams_FINAL (pdf)Download
Destination Moon - Skills Sheet (pdf)Download
Observation-Earth__Marketing-Brochure (pdf)Download

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