Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center

Nice small kids museum. Decent interactive exhibits. Staff is helpful. Not a ton of activities but everything that is online is well done. Not a destination but good stop in area.

Decided to spend some time here since the week I am visiting Colorado Springs-it decided to rain every day. I took my Grandson here and he loved it. Interactive enough to keep his attention and fun things to do. A great learning experience. The staff very friendly. The only knock was the remote-control Mars Lander, that the kids could operate, kept glitching badly. The very young man tried his best to fix it but it was beyond fixing at this time.

This place was great and had a lot of different items for the kids to see. There were exhibits of rockets, astronaut food from different countries, a Mars-themed section with controllable rovers, and a lot more. I think we did it all in about an hour and a half, but we didn't get to catch the movie or video. The gift shop had some astronaut costumes that looked fun. The staff was very helpful and friendly.Note that, from the outside, the place looks huge. Once you get inside, the discover center portion is only the first floor. It is a decent size though and has tons of exhibits that are well laid-out and easy to nagivate.

We had the absolute best time at the space foundation last week for our child's birthday. They provide a spacious room for the party, decorated with space themed decorations. The museum hosts were so much fun and knowledgeable, giving a fantastic tour of the solar system on the big globe projector, and letting us (even the grownups!) experience zero gravity. The astronaut relay race was fun for kids and adults alike. We loved getting to be able to explore the museum after the party. The best part was not feeling rushed or hurried, as is common with other party locations we've booked. Highly highly recommend the space foundation for birthday parties and visiting on a normal day, too!

My family was visiting Colorado Springs during Spring Break. We were looking for something interesting indoors to do while it was still too chilly go hiking. We had a military discount, so it cost our family of 4 $20 to go in. There were lots of things to look at, great photo spots, two scavenger hunts to get us all exploring and reading the plaques (all 4 of us got a colorchanging pencil for turning in the correct papers), and a free poster to remember the visit. There are some displays that were hands on, and some that were off limits. There were lots of sanitizer stations, and signs reminding everyone to stay 6' apart. We had no problem avoiding the other people in the building.We bought some astronaut ice cream to share in the gift shop. We were in the center for about 1.5 hours. They had demonstrations of making ice cream and also tablets that could control robots, but both had crowd limits, and we didn't want to wait. The staff was very polite and friendly in explaining the wait time.When we left there was a family waiting to go in, with someone at the front door to keep a count of the number of people inside. We wore masks the entire visit.Definitely worth a visit, not sure if my teenagers would go back for a second visit if the displays don't change often, but they both said they enjoyed the trip, and both made references to things they learned later in the day.

Loved the place. A bit small but it was very informative and I love all the pieces they have there. If you visit plan to take up about 45 mins - 1 hour. I got a few NASA patches. Will come back again when I'm in the area.

What an amazing museum!! I've lived in the Springs for 18 months and I'm really surprised no one recommended this place to me. 90% of the museum is hands on. The hands on exhibits made exploring the Space Museum, and learning about space, so amazing for the family. We easily spent 3 hours in the museum and could have stayed longer too. I was with a group of kids ranging from 4-15 years old and they all had a great time.

GREAT place to take kids! Lots of interactive exhibits. Great staff.

Took my 3 year old son and we had a blast. They had little hands on activities which he really enjoyed making rockets and navigating the under water robot and driving the Mars Rover. It was a little cooler so really great indoor activity. Also found the live presentation to be both educational and very interesting. We ended our day with an astronaut ice cream. We also found the gift shop to be priced very reasonably.

Pretty cool, next time we're in the area I wouldn't mind coming again. There was this big sphere thing and a volunteer talked about the planets and showed us pictures on it, that was our favorite part.