On Saturday, December 14th, from 8 to 10 AM, the Virginia Air and Space Science Center invites you to a fun-filled morning! Wear your family-friendly pajamas and enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast starting at 8 AM.
Meet the Grinch, decorate cookies, and take part in exciting STEM activities in Whoville’s Science Lab. You’ll get to grow the Grinch’s heart, create solar system garlands, and make holiday music using circuits.
Don’t miss out on this festive celebration—come for pancakes and holiday fun!

Come & Explore Our New & Improved Spaces!

The new Space Exploration Gallery and Adventures in Early Learners Gallery The SPACE (Smile, Play, Achieve, Create, Explore), invites you to celebrate the spirit of exploration through state-of-the-art, interactive exhibits that explore our solar system! Come and enjoy our galleries that are designed for explorers of all ages!

Also, check out unique space flight artifacts such as the Apollo 12 Command Module and tons of historic aircraft

IMAX Theatre

Superhuman Body 3D

Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels explores the inner workings of the human body and the incredible breakthroughs in science and bioengineering that are changing the course of human health. Told through the inspiring stories of researchers, scientists, and everyday people behind these ground-breaking medical innovations, Superhuman Body shows the extraordinary ways our bodies work …

Space: The New Frontier

Journey back to the Golden Age of Space and experience a new era of exploration in “Space: The New Frontier.” This awe-inspiring film showcases humankind’s most ambitious dreams for spaceflight, from self-assembling habitats to lunar missions and commercial space stations. Join visionary innovators and courageous explorers as they redefine humanity’s role in space, inspiring new generations to see the universe in a whole new light. Don’t miss your chance to witness history in the making on our Giant Screen — only at the Virginia Air and Space Science Center!

Astronaut: Ocean to Orbit

In 2013, a critical life-support system on the International Space Station failed, requiring an immediate spacewalk to fix it. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy made the repair and saved the Space Station. As an astronaut, he was trained extensively for space walks. But how do astronauts train here on Earth to work in the microgravity of space? Astronaut: Ocean to Orbit explores the ways in which NASA uses underwater environments to simulate life and work in space, offering a fascinating look into the high-tech world of astronauts…

Lasting Impressions

Lasting Impressions is a fully immersive 3D art and music experience that brings to life more than 100 of the world’s most famous French Impressionist masterworks. Audiences will experience the transformation of these masterpiece paintings as they come alive through cutting-edge 3D Motion Sculpting technology, inviting viewers to move into and through the canvas, thus fully inhabiting the worlds created by Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Renoir, Pissarro, Seurat, Gauguin, Manet, Cezanne and others.

Become a Member TODAY!

Membership includes unlimited exhibit and IMAX admission for one year & free Admission to 300+ reciprocal science/natural history centers around the world through the ASTC Passport Program.

Sigma Series Lectures

The Sigma Series Lectures, presented by NASA Langley Research Center and hosted at the Virginia Air & Space Science Center in downtown Hampton, provide an opportunity to the general public to learn more about science and technology subjects. Lectures are the first Tuesday of every month and, unless otherwise indicated, the starting time for all lectures is 7:30 pm.

Sigma Series lectures are open to the general public at no charge.

For more information on Sigma Series please visit their website at: colloqsigma.larc.nasa.gov