Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center — Attraction in Colorado Springs

Drove an hour here for homeschool day and was a little disappointed. First, there was some confusion about pricing because many Facebook posts mentioned the event was free. The website says 1st child is $15, each additional child $12. I had to call to clarify and was told it would be $15 for each parent as well. $45 for a homeschooling family of three is a little steep, in my opinion, for what is offered here. We are a one-income family, perhaps they don't understand that I don't get paid to teach my child at home? We went because we had already made plans and my daughter was excited. The sphere talk was kind of cool and the workshop activity was fun. The gentleman running that was great. The various labs were mostly closed while we were there and had scheduled times they were supposed to be open but by that time, we'd already been there for almost three hours and didn't want to wait another hour for someone to open the labs but we did so we went around and did each of the independent exhibits which were ok, a little boring and didn't take up much time. We waited outside the drone lab at the scheduled time but no one showed up. We went to ask someone and a gentleman let us in and was trying to show us the drones but it was obvious he didn't know how to operate anything. He went to get someone else and a woman showed up and said the exhibit was closed because all the drones were charging, I think. It was hard to understand her because she had a mask on. We tried the 3-D printing lab and they were full so we did the exhibit again and then waited outside the rover lab until they opened. The rover lab was ok, the rover kept malfunctioning and the attendant had to keep walking onto the exhibit to fix it. The 3D printing pen lab was fun, the gentleman there was really friendly. All in all, I don't think we'll come back and I'm not sure I'd recommend this place. Definitely not a place you'd want to spend all day at and I don't think they should be charging parents $15 for entrance fee on...

This place and its staff is incredible! I just had my wedding here. Not only was it amazingly affordable, but it's just an amazing place to host an event! I worked closly with Maya (sorry if I spelled your name wrong), Kris, Sandra, and Lisa. Maya and Kris stayed for the event and went above and beyond by helping with the clearing of dishes while people finished eating and helping with post event clean-up. They were also there with Sandra to help set everything up. Sandra and Lisa helped with coordinating in the beginning and were awesome with communicating any changes that were needed due to covid. The security guard who was there also went above and beyond by educating guests on the exhibits. Plus, everyone had an amazing time at the wedding in general because they got to check out the gallery if they didn't feel like dancing. I would highly recommend hosting an event here. I would also recommend giving this place a visit in general because it's just so...

We went there today, a Saturday, for the first time. We are from out of town, but our local museum is part of the ASTC, so we were able to use our membership to get in for free. Good thing too, because I would have been very disappointed if I had paid! At first, it seems like an awesome place and the kids were excited, but after about 30 minutes, we had seen and done everything we could and were getting bored. We held out, however, because we were waiting for the Mars Rover are to reopen. We were there a little before 12:30 and the workers said that they were closing to recharge the rovers and have a lunch break. Well, I think they must have had no intention of reopening because by 2:30 when we finally gave up, they still had not reopened the area. I would rather have been told the truth than waste my time hanging out waiting. Bottom line - if you have a membership to another ASTC museum, it's wroth a quick trip, but I would not spend the money to...