The Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Learning Center offers three exciting mission scenarios that are run in our
NASA-designed simulators.

Return to the Moon
The year is 2015 and for the first time since the last Apollo mission a crew of astronauts is returning to the Moon in order to establish a permanent self-sustaining settlement that will eventually become a stepping-stone for planetary exploration by humans. The crew must work together to accomplish the tasks necessary for a successful landing, but will they be able to solve the emergencies they encounter along the way?

Voyage to Mars
The year is 2076 and a now routine voyage to Mars has brought the latest crew into orbit around the red planet. Control of the incoming flight has been trasferred to Mars Control located at Chryse Station on the surface of Mars. The new crew must replace the existing crew on Mars and continue the scientific work being done at the station, but will the transfer and liftoff be jeopardized by the dust storms that plague the red planet?

Rendezvous With A Comet
The year is 2036 and a crew of astronauts aboard a small and maneuverable spacecraft is performing the tasks necessary to rendezvous with and collect material from the comet Encke. Since it orbits the sun every 3.3 years, the comet Encke is observed often from earth, but will the crew be ready to respond to the unpredictability of the many small and mysterious objects in our Solar System?