Earn your Aviation/Weather, Astronomy, and Space Exploration Merit badges, along with a Cosmosphere participation patch.


Boy Scout Space Exploration Merit Badge:
Regular Pricing (November - May) $40 scout / $20 adult.
Discount Pricing (June - October) $30 scout / $15 adult
Start your day with live rocket science demonstrations in Dr. Goddard's lab. Then expand your knowledge of the space program with a guided tour of the Hall of Space Museum. You'll also learn all about what's happening in the International Space Station and the correct way to build model rockets. Highlights of the day include an IMAX movie and launching your rocket two times. It's a fun way to earn your Space Exploration Merit Badge.

Boy Scout Aviation/Weather Overnight Merit Badge:
Regular Pricing (November - May) $65 scout ($90 with flight) / $25 adult
Discount Pricing (August - October) $50 scout / $20 adult
Our newest program will take you sky high! Stay with us overnight to earn your Aviation and Weather Merit Badge. We’ll learn how to plan a flight and spend time on the Cosmosphere’s F-16 and T-38 flight simulators. We’ll also go to the airport for on-sight tours and an optional flight around the city in a real airplane. Lunch, dinner, and breakfast are included.

Regular Pricing (November - May) $45 scout / $20 adult.
Discount Pricing (August - October) $35 scout / $15 adult
After Scouts have attained the Space Exploration Merit Badge, they may return to do our Advanced Space Exploration Program. Scouts attending will experience robotics, building and launching a more advanced rocket, and will use some of the simulators used in the Future Astronaut Training Program, including the 4-G centrifuge, multi-axis trainer, stress testing, Apollo command module, Soyuz trainer, manned maneuvering unit, and the T-38 and F-16 flight simulators. Simulator use is based on availability. This full day of fun includes lunch and a souvenir patch.

Cub Scout Program

Earn your Astronomy and Science belt loops and Scientist pin, along with a Cosmosphere participation patch.

Regular Pricing (November - May) $65 scout/ $25 adult
Discount Pricing (August - October) $50 scout / $20 adult
Our overnighter just for Cub Scouts and their leaders is sure to be as fun as it is educational! Boys will sample some of our astronaut training simulators, construct and launch air rockets, visit Dr. Goddard’s lab, watch an IMAX® movie, tour the Hall of Space museum, and perform hands-on experiments. Participants will earn the Scientist activity pin and the Science and Astronomy belt loops. Dinner and a continental breakfast are provided.

Girl Scouts have the opportunity to earn their Science Sleuth and Aerospace badge. Cadettes and Senior girls can earn their Space Exploration badge.  All Girl Scouts will take home a souvenir Cosmosphere participation patch.

Junior Girl Scout Science Sleuth Badge:
Regular Pricing (November - May) $28 scout/ $18 adult
Discount Pricing (August - October) $23 scout / $12 adult
New Activities and Format!
Hands-on activities held throughout the Cosmosphere will keep the troops energy level high as they spend the day earning their Science Sleuth Badge. Girl Scouts will make a kaleidoscope, crystals, and robots, while learning about sound and vibration, oxidation, the light spectrum, and other related topics in this exciting new program that includes an IMAX^® feature, and time in Dr. Goddard’s Lab, the Planetarium, and the Hall of Space Museum.

Girls 11-17 Space Exploration:
Regular Pricing (November - May) $28 student/ $18 adult
Discount Pricing (August - October) $23 scout / $12 adult
The future of Space Exploration rests in the hands of our young explorers.  Girls will take the initiative in educating themselves about the next step in space exploration and will tour the Cosmosphere’s world-renowned Hall of Space Museum, discover careers in the space exploration industry, and earn the Space Exploration interest badge.  Regular Pricing (November - May) $65 scout/ $25 adult
Discount Pricing (August - October) $50 scout / $20 adult
This program is centered around teaching young women about aviation and spaceflight. The Girls Night Out Special Overnight is a jam-packed experience filled with hands-on activities, rocketry, robotics, and simulator rotations! Simulator use is based on availability and can include the 4-G centrifuge, multi-axis trainer, stress testing, Apollo command module, Soyuz trainer, manned maneuvering unit, and the T-38 and F-16 flight simulators.  The Girls Night Out program allows each student to earn the Sky Search and the Aerospace merit badges. Dinner and breakfast are included.

NEW! Girl Scouts Adventures in Aviation Aerospace Badge:
Regular Pricing (November - May) $28 scout ($53 with flight) / $18 adult
Discount Pricing (August - October) $23 scout ($48 with flight) / $12 adult
Introduce your Girl Scouts to the basics of aviation and give them a chance to ride in an airplane! Watch their excitement build as they create and test fly their own airplanes and kites, go up in the Control Tower to see how air traffic controllers operate, learn about aerodynamics, and discover the stories of heroic women like Amelia Earhart and Patty Wagstaff.

NEW! Brownie Overnight:
Regular Pricing (November - May) $35 scout / $15 adult
Discount Pricing (August - October) $30 scout / $10 adult
For Brownie Girl Scouts, it’s an overnight adventure full of activities that introduce them to astronomy and enable them to earn their Space Explorer Try-It Badge. Girls enjoy an array of hands-on activities, including making liquid oxygen comets, and more. Dinner and breakfast included.

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Custom programs and dates may be available upon request. Contact Laurie Givan for more information at 620.662.2305 ext. 323 or laurieg@cosmo.org.

September 23, 2006	BS Astronomy- $30/$15 BS Aviation/Weather Overnight- $50/$20
September 30, 2006	BS Space Exploration- $30/$15 Girl's Night Out- $50/$20 GS Adventures in Aviation- $23/$12
October 7, 2006	GS Junior Science Sleuth - $23/$12
October 14, 2006	BS Astronomy- $30/$15 Girl's Night Out- $50/$20 GS Adventures in Aviation- $23/$12
October 21, 2006	Brownie Overnight - $30/$10 BS Space Exploration- $30/$15
October 28, 2006	BS Space Exploration- $30/$15 BS Aviation/Weather Overnight- $50/$20 Cub Scout Overnighter- $50/$20
November 4, 2006	BS Space Exploration BS Astronomy BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
November 11, 2006	BS Space Exploration Girl's Night Out
November 18, 2006	BS Space Exploration BS Astronomy BS Aviation/Weather Overnight Cub Scout Overnighter
December 2, 2006	BS Space Exploration Cub Scout Overnighter GS Adventures in Aviation
December 9, 2006	BS Space Exploration BS Astronomy BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
January 6, 2007	BS Space Exploration
January 13, 2007	Girls 11-17 Space Exploration BS Space Exploration BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
January 20, 2007	GS Science Sleuth BS Space Exploration BS Astronomy
January 27, 2007	Girls Night Out BS Space Exploration BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
February 3, 2007	BS Space Exploration BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
February 10, 2007	Cub Scout Overnight BS Space Exploration GS Adventures in Aviation
February 17, 2007	BS Space Exploration BS Astronomy
February 24, 2007	BS Space Exploration BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
March 3, 2007	BS Space Exploration Girls Night Out
March 10, 2007	BS Space Exploration GS Adventures in Aviation GS Science Sleuth
March 17, 2007	BS Space Exploration
March 24, 2007	BS Astronomy BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
March 31, 2007	BS Space Exploration Brownie Overnight Girls Night Out
April 14, 2007	BS Astronomy BS Space Exploration BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
April 20, 2007	Girls Night Out
April 21, 2007	BS Space Exploration GS Adventures in Aviation
April 27, 2007	Girls Night Out
April 28, 2007	BS Space Exploration BS Advanced Space Exploration
May 5, 2007	Cub Scout Overnight BS Space Exploration BS Aviation/Weather Overnight
May 12, 2007	BS Space Exploration BS Astronomy BS Advanced Space Exploration
May 19, 2007	BS Space Exploration
June 2, 2007	BS Space Exploration- $30/$15
July 14, 2007	BS Space Exploration- $30/$15

For information and scheduling, please call Laurie Givan with any questions or to enroll over the phone at 800.397.0330 or 620.662.2305, ext. 323. Laurie can also be reached by email at laurieg@cosmo.org.