Facility Rentals

Meetings, Convention Space and Special Events

The Center’s unique design sets the stage for an out-of-this-world event! Designed to inspire awe and to excite the imaginations of the ‘space-travelers’ who pass through its portals, the four-story, cylindrical Center rises majestically from the desert floor. Earth bound visitors cross the elevated gantry bridge and enter the world of the future.

The team of Challenger Space Center professionals organize conferences and special events from small intimate groups to large corporate events. You’ll feel the comfort of working with people who are genuine in their desire to make sure every aspect of your event goes exactly as planned. We’ll provide the setting and service you need to make yours an out-of-this-world event!

Make your next event an out-of-this-world experience! Whether the goal of your reception or seminar is education or entertainment, the Challenger Space Center will exceed your expectations. Catering, bar service and activities are available upon request.

The Challenger Space Center can be rented out for a variety of events including:

Seminars

Sales Meetings
Company Parties
Retreats
Fundraisers
Product Shows

Client Appreciation

Employee Teambuilding

Banquets

Birthday Parties

Group Missions

Family Events

Building Highlights

International Space Station Simulator and Mission Control
“Roger that, Mission Control…” So extraordinary, so visual, and so real that some wonder if they have actually left Earth, the Challenger Space Center’s International Space Station Simulator is designed to simulate a room on board a far-away space station. Inside this hands-on laboratory, experiments are performed, data is analyzed and probes are “launched” into outer space. Everything reminds excited ‘astronauts’ of their mission…computer consoles, communication headsets, continuous messages on the loudspeakers and teammates they can only see on video monitors. Modeled after the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Mission Control room features $750,000 of cutting edge technology and is the nerve center for the entire mission. It is here that the mission is monitored and orders are given directing and helping the space adventurers to successfully complete their mission.

The Space Rotunda and McCall Mural
As earth-bound visitors cross the elevated gantry bridge into the Center and enter the world of the future, the first awe-inspiring site they see is the rotunda-wrapping mural entitled Tour of the Universe. The six-story mural, painted by world-famous space artist, Robert McCall, encircles the entire interior rotunda of the main floor. Utilizing 27,000 square feet of canvas, this phenomenal piece of artistry took six months to complete.

Orientation Room, Theater, Training and Meeting Rooms
Our theater features a rear-projection screen presentations and films, with seating for approximately 60 attendees. The Challenger Space Center also features two breakout rooms, each seating approximately 60 people. In addition, the rotunda can be used for a general session type meeting, and has a capacity of 200.

Galaxy Gift Shop
No trip to the Challenger Space Center is truly complete until visitors explore our out-of-this-world collection of space-related educational games, toys, books and posters. And don’t forget the astronaut ice cream!

The Cosmic Café
Guests can relax during their visit at the Cosmic Café, where vending machines are located. The Café also serves as a food staging area for catered events and school groups, and extends outside onto an intimate patio courtyard, perfect for an al fresco cup of cosmic coffee during one of Arizona’s beautiful spring days or on a mild winter evening.

Click above to get a facility layout of the Challenger Space Center