Each monthly package explores a specific leg of the space crew’s mission with a science-fueled hands-on project, comic-inspired story moments, and an informational poster beautifully illustrated by a celebrated children’s illustrator. Projects include a star-projecting mini planetarium, launchable rocket, spiral marble maze game, solar-powered rover, alien life lab, and a satellite radio.

Boxes included are -

Box 1 Glowing Galaxies start your adventure by exploring the night sky. You'll build a cardstock planetarium that projects stars onto your wall and ceiling. Make a mini flashlight projector to guide a rocket, astronaut, comet, or planet around your room. Investigate the lifecycle of a star on a beautifully illustrated poster. Step into the global story of astronomy in ancient times.

Box 2 Blastoff! Train and launch into space alongside our crew of kid astronauts. You'll construct a reusable foam rocketthat launches via a kid-safe baking soda chemical reaction. Blast into the fascinating world of rocket science on a detailed poster. Envision the out-of-this-world training astronauts go through on Earth.

Box 3 Chasing Space Journey through deep space on your way to an alien world! You'll assemble a cosmic marble maze and dodge the perils of the interstellar void. Strap into a spacecraft cockpit on a poster imagining an interstellar journey. Explore how Earth's astronauts stay happy and healthy during long missions in space.

Box 4 Roving Robots Create and deploy two robot rovers to investigate an alien planet! You'll make a solar-powered robot vehicle and a robot rover that hitches a ride on its back. Explore an Alien world and real-life rover technology via a mesmerizing poster. Discover how engineers on Earth collaborate across huge distances to build and operate rovers.

Box 5 Alien Encounters Join our cosmic explorers as they encounter alien life on a far-off planet! You'll mold a glow-in-the-dark volcano, grow celestial crystal "fungi" and make and move slimy aquatic alien "worms." Imagine alien creatures and their habitats on an otherworldly poster. Uncover unusual animals from far-flung places here on Earth.