Students to Explore Space at Challenger Center

More than 200 students from the Greater Los Angeles area will take part in Space Science Education Day at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson today where they will explore outer space and learn about careers in science and technology.

The event is part of the national North American Marsville program, which is designed to promote interest in science and technology.

Students participating in the program have spent the last 12 weeks at the Carson campus constructing a Martian colony.

During Saturday’s event, the students will share their project via teleconference with program participants from space centers across the country who also built Martian colonies.

The event will be held at the campus’ Allied Signal Challenger Learning Center, funded by the Torrance-based aerospace company and a Washington organization formed by the families of the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion in 1986.

The center is one of 25 centers nationwide open to schools and the public to explore outer space through simulated space missions and tours of the facility.

Space Science Education Day begins at 9 a.m. and is open to the public.

For information, call (310) 516-4627.