GeorgiaThe Coca-Cola Space Science Center is a science museum and education facility owned and operated by Columbus State University, which opened it in 1996 on the university's RiverPark campus at 701 Front Avenue in uptown Columbus. Georgia's only center devoted to astronomy and space science, it serves as the teaching and research site for CSU's astronomy courses while offering public programs, planetarium shows and mobile astronomy outreach. Its exhibit gallery holds Georgia's most extensive collection of Space Shuttle program artifacts, reported to be valued at more than $17 million in NASA materials. Additional facilities include the Omnisphere planetarium theater, the observatory with its remote-controlled telescope, the Space Shuttle Odyssey simulator and a Challenger Learning Center mission simulator. The building underwent a major renovation in 2004.
Coca-cola Space Science Center
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Coca-cola Space Science Center is a museum in Columbus, Muscogee County. It is one of 11 museums documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.4591, -84.9946 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Coca-cola Challenger Space Science Center (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Walker-Peters-Langdon House, Educational Institutions, and Sarah Turner Butler Heritage Corner.
This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Coca-Cola Space Science Center is a science museum and education facility owned and operated by Columbus State University, which opened it in 1996 on the university's RiverPark campus at 701 Front Avenue in uptown Columbus. Georgia's only center devoted to astronomy and space science, it serves as the teaching and research site for CSU's astronomy courses while offering public programs, planetarium shows and mobile astronomy outreach. Its exhibit gallery holds Georgia's most extensive collection of Space Shuttle program artifacts, reported to be valued at more than $17 million in NASA materials. Additional facilities include the Omnisphere planetarium theater, the observatory with its remote-controlled telescope, the Space Shuttle Odyssey simulator and a Challenger Learning Center mission simulator. The building underwent a major renovation in 2004.
Sources: georgiaencyclopedia.orgccssc.orgcatalog.columbusstate.edu
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