columbia memorial space center

We had some time to kill before an evening event. One of the nearby options that a Trip Advisor attractions search produced was this one. What a surprise!! This little space museum has very creative hands-on displays that are interesting for adults and children. Examples include space shuttle landing simulator, robotics programming, airplane flight simulator, and several more. There are also several interesting videos available. For anyone interested in the space program (or anyone trying to get a child interested in space or the sciences), this museum is a a MUST!.

This place is in my neighborhood and every time in the last 2 years I've taken my grandchildren the exhibits have be down... It's very small and they charge $5.00 per person including adults. I spent $20.00 and was there only 5 minutes due to all the exhibits being down. Sorry Columbia but you need to step up your game....

A rather small venue, but what it lacks in size it has in space shuttle knowledge. The location has lots of history with the shuttle program and you will enjoy all that has come to the city of Downey.

The Columbia Space Center is the 1st place my family visited when they moved to Downey, CA in 2010. I visited much later but there is moon dust nearby so it's like having particles of the universe concentrated in one specific community. The museum itself offers a wide rage of activities for children, has an amazing star gazing telescope and playground for children outside so it's very interactive for children. The city of Downey has a charming downtown that has a wide variety of restaurants and coffee shops and even if you want to shop there is The Downey Landing a strip of shoppes and more restaurants walking distance from the museum. If you want to venture more and discover the city there are som Landmark homes, on a Saturday you can enjoy the Farmers Market of visit the Swap meet that's held to benefit the sports programs at Warren high school and find amazing bargains. But the Columbia Space Museum a must to visit:..

(94) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/s3production/2014/03/27/columbia-memorial-space-centerColumbia Memorial Space CenterI want to Thank Rick O’Conner and Jose Carrillo for having me and sharing their stories Also I want to thanks to Sarah Medina who made this all possible The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a hands-on learning center that is dedicated to bringing the wonder and excitement of space science to children of all ages. We also serve as the national memorial for the Space Shuttle Columbia’s seven crew members, lost in 2003. Located in Downey, California, we strive to be the most accessible space science center in the Los Angeles area.I worked at Rockwell International in my past life and spent about 3 years in Downey so revisiting the Museum brings back many memories. I was working for Rockwell the day Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.We have 2 very knowledgeable Activity Specialist who will be your interviewees, Richard 'Rick' O'Connor and Jose Carrillo. Both are veteran staff with us at the Columbia Memorial Space Center and are very knowledgeable of all our exhibits and programs that we offer. They are often leads in creating new programs and assist with the coordination of our special events.

Even the Columbia Memorial Space Center is very close to us we had neglected to visit it. Always meant to, but just kept putting it off. Our Bad! Should have gone sooner. Great place, especially if you have kids. Kids and adults can both touch and play with some of the exhibits. Not a very large location, but if you take your time you can easily spend a few fun and educational hours there.

So I was dropping off my wife for work at the hospital where she works and in the parking lot where I drop her off there was a Lunar Space Module. Wait What?!Yup , there was a real lunar module there. Right outside the hospital. I've spent some time in Downey and you can see some hints of what was here before. There is a small icon or thumbnail of a space shuttle on "challenger way" or the plaques of space mile stones located in the shopping center nearby.Did anyone else know that this place is the best $5 you can spend in this town? (other than inside a Portos?) I spent THREE hours here. Its a full learning/science center. They have an orbital simulator, Simulations, Landing simulator (pitch only though), plenty of rockets to shoot around and lectures all abound. I sat in on a greatlecture of the history of NASA and what they are doing and couldn't believe the amount of first hand information I was getting for $5.00 entry fee.And I haven't even told you the best part. There is a full size mock up of the shuttle, right here! Incredible. Five full stars.