e-Mission: Operation Montserrat

The giant awakens and the skies darken as ash and soot rain down on a remote tropical island. The ticking time bomb dormant for many years has awakened and residents of Montserrat Island worry about their fate. As the erupting volcano’s lava begins to devastate the countryside, Challenger Space Center scientists learn a hurricane is approaching. During this process of data transmission about the volcano and the hurricane, a satellite gathering the vital life-saving data malfunctions. With disasters looming, Challenger Space Center scrambles to assemble a team of specialists to assist the island’s residents.

Is Your Team Ready for the Challenge?

e-Mission: Operation Montserrat is a unique distance learning program where the Challenger Space Center connects with a team anywhere in the world for a one-of-a-kind learning and teambuilding adventure. Participants interact with a Challenger Flight Director to track a hurricane, predict volcanic rock fall and determine how to safely evacuate the island’s residents. Operation Montserrat actively engages individuals to work together in order to solve problems in real-life situations.

This fast-paced, high-drama simulation allows individuals to participate as Earth systems science experts during a three-hour mission. Operation Montserrat emphasizes teamwork, problem solving, decision-making and communication skills that are critical to your organization. Team members will be faced with life-threatening emergencies that must be solved through collaboration with their colleagues.

Through the use of the latest teleconferencing equipment (or alternatively a computer with a webcam), the Challenger Space Center is able to offer this program to participants anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Want to get away from the office? No problem, we also offer this dynamic event onsite in Peoria, AZ.

It’s not “imagine what you would do in this situation…” you’re a part of the situation and have to figure it out together, as a team, or the mission fails. It's a real life experience, only compressed in time for maximum impact on the participants.