Australian Space Discovery Centre | FREE School Holiday Program | 11-26 Apr 2026
Discover FREE activities for kids during the school holidays at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide.
Launch into School Holidays at the Australian Space Discovery Centre this Summer! They have daily activities to inspire budding space explorers and innovators of all ages. Entry is free 7 days per week and they are open 10am-5pm from 11-26 April 2026 (closed ANZAC Day).
The Australian Space Discovery Centre aims to inspire the next generation with stories of opportunity, curiosity, and technology. It offers a place for the community to discover and explore the latest innovations in space technologies. Learn about Australia’s current and future role in space at the Discovery Centre, which hosts: a Careers Information Hub showcasing rewarding and diverse career pathways in the local space industry, an operational Mission Control Centre viewable through a theatrette for live space events and opportunities to engage with space experts, and an interactive space exhibition offering immersive, hands-on experiences.
Student Cadet Rocket Adventure Program (S.C.R.A.P.) Challenge
Flex your engineering creativity in this paper rocket design challenge! Participants will build, launch, and refine their rocket designs to discover how to fly as high and as accurately as possible. Launches will be conducted outside. Sun protection is recommended.
- Session Duration: 60 minutes
- Ages: 7-14 years
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Space Garden
If you could take one plant with you on a space mission, what would you bring? Discover for yourself with the ‘Space Garden’ workshop! In this session, become an amateur astrobotanist by designing and crafting your very own space plant. You’ll use problem-solving skills to explore how and why they grow plants in space, and how they can be used for food, fibres, medicine and more.
- Session Duration: 60 minutes
- Ages: 5-16 years
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Satellite Lab (NEW)
Have you ever wondered how satellites complete their space missions? In this session, become a satellite engineer by using problem-solving skills to explore different parts of satellites while building one yourself. Learn about different satellites parts, systems, and how they work together in a mission.
- Session Duration: 60 minutes
- Ages: 8-12 years
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Space Storytime
The Australian Space Discovery Centre invite all little-astronauts to join them in-centre for Space Storytime. Each session will begin with a reading of a space book followed by an activity before attendees are invited to explore the Space Gallery.
- Session Duration: 60 minutes (including 30 minute storytime, followed by time to explore the centre)
- Ages: 3-8 years
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Badge Making
Channel your space-y inspiration by designing and making your very own space themed button badges. Drop in anytime between 11am and 3pm. A digital or printed ticket is not required for entry, just register your interest.
*On the day of the event, the Centre may be busier than usual.
*You may need to queue for the STEM activities.
- Session Duration: 240 minutes
- Ages: all ages
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Sketch-Bot Drop-In Day
Have you ever seen a robot that can draw? Why not get your portrait drawn by one of the resident SketchBots! Drop in anytime between 11am and 3pm. A digital or printed ticket is not required for entry, just register your interest.
*On the day of the event, the Centre may be busier than usual.
*You may need to queue for the STEM activities.
- Session Duration: 240 minutes
- Ages: all ages
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Space Mission Drop-In Day! (NEW)
Embark on a space mission of your own – Find clues in the Space Gallery and engage with the exhibits to solve challenges. Appropriate for a range of ages and abilities.
Drop in anytime between 11am and 3pm. A digital or printed ticket is not required for entry, just register your interest.
*On the day of the event, the Centre may be busier than usual.
*You may need to queue for the STEM activities.
- Session Duration: 240 minutes
- Ages: All Ages
REGISTER FOR FREE VIA TRYBOOKING
ONLINE: Ask a Space Communicator (NEW)
Join in online at the Australian Space Discovery Centre for an interactive Q&A – Ask about space, planetary science, rocketry, space careers, and more during a 30-minute Q&A with a Space Communicator.
An online joining link (Microsoft TEAMS) will be contained in your Trybooking confirmation email. Please note session times are advertised in Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).
- Session Duration: 30 minutes
- Ages: 7+ years
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HYBRID: 65 Years of Preparing for Spaceflight
The Australian Space Agency’s Katherine Bennell-Pegg, the first Australian to train as an astronaut under the Australian flag, undertook her astronaut training with the European Space Agency. This training encompassed a wide range of skills and disciplines, designed to prepare her for long duration missions on the International Space Station, or trips to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program.
But before the first humans ever ventured into space, no-one knew how the human body might react to spaceflight, so the training given to the first NASA astronauts and Soviet Cosmonauts had quite a different emphasis.
Join space historian Kerrie Dougherty as she explores the ways in which astronaut training has changed and developed across the decades – and how the fundamentals of preparing an astronaut for spaceflight remain the same.
This event is hosted both in-person at the Australian Space Discovery Centre and online via Microsoft TEAMS.
An online joining link will be contained in your Trybooking confirmation email. Please note session times are advertised in Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).
- Session Duration: 60 minutes
- Ages: 12+ years
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IN-PERSON – BOOK FOR FREE VIA TRYBOOKING
Session Booked Out?
Missed out on your preferred session? Why not visit during one of the family friendly public sessions from 10am to 5pm daily during school holidays (except public holidays and closed Christmas to New Year). Entry is free and tickets are not required for public sessions.
Australian Space Discovery Centre at Lot Fourteen, Adelaide – Play & Go Review
For more information and all enquiries please visit the Australian Space Discovery Centre website.
What: School Holiday Program at the Australian Space Discovery Centre
When: 11-26 April 2026 (closed ANZAC Day) | 10am – 5pm
Where: Lot Fourteen | North Terrace, Adelaide
Who: 3-16 years
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