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Star-Hop Drill — North

Slew from a bright start star to the target through finder and eyepiece.

Star-Hop Drill — South

Slew from a bright start star to the target through finder and eyepiece.

Star Names — North

Identify the named star from its Bayer designation. Beat the clock — wrong answers cost 5 seconds.

Star Names — South

Identify the named star from its Bayer designation. Beat the clock — wrong answers cost 5 seconds.

Alien Hunt

An alien craft hides among the planets of the planetarium. Spot it and tap before time runs out — 120 seconds on the clock.

Crater Tap

Tap named lunar features under live terminator lighting. Practice across the whole nearside, or race a 3-minute compete leaderboard.

Apollo

Pilot an Apollo lunar module to a soft touchdown on the real Moon — pick a historic Apollo site or a famous crater.

Space Shuttle

Roll out to Pad 39A, ride the boosters to orbit, then survive reentry and land the world's fastest glider at Kennedy Space Center.

Mars Lander

Fly the Martian entry, descent and landing — drag, parachute, then retro-burn — to a soft touchdown on real Mars. Land at a historic rover site or a geological wonder.

History Race

Order four historical events chronologically. Practice untimed across millennia, or race the clock on a 120-second medium-difficulty leaderboard.

Collimation Race

Race the clock to align a miscollimated Newtonian. Drag screw heads to turn them, watch the laser beam respond, beat the leaderboard on Hard.