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Corporate Teambuilding

Does your business count on teamwork, timely project completion and smoothly flowing communication?  So does a successful mission into outer space!  At the Challenger Learning Center participants must use their workplace skills such as teamwork, communication, prioritizing and problem-solving to achieve their goal of a successful mission. 
 
The Challenger Center is a metaphor for the workplace: teams with different duties, information to be shared, people that must rely on each other, and a common goal of success—just like in the workplace. 

Have you ever had to wait on information from a coworker? 
On the SS Legacy, a science officer must finish his experiments, but nothing can get done until his mission controller passes on the proper information. 

Has anything ever gone wrong at work, forcing employees to go into “damage control” and make quick decisions to recover? 
On your Mars Transport spacecraft, plenty of emergency situations can occur, from human errors to natural phenomena, and it’s up to Mission Control to guide the crew through any needed repairs. 

Have you ever been in a situation where there seems to be no right answer? 
Your astronauts may encounter a “moral dilemma” where the fate of the world rests in one team’s hands. 

Schedule a Mission for Your Team

If you are interested in our corporate training program, we have several options to fit your needs.  The mission can be incorporated into your own training program, or with the help of the Challenger staff you can arrange full or half day sessions with corporate team-building professionals.  For an additional fee, meeting room space is also available for your sessions or lunch. 

Challenger Center Corporate Teambuilding Missions

Does your business count on teamwork, timely project completion and smoothly flowing communication?  So does a successful mission into outer space!  At the Challenger Learning Center participants must use their workplace skills such as teamwork, communication, prioritizing and problem-solving to achieve their goal of a successful mission. 

Mission to the Moon and Mars

Team roles: astronauts & mission controllers
Group size:  14 – 40
Time needed: 2 - 2.5 hours
Price: $500

Mission to Mars

Team roles:  astronauts
Group size:  12 – 23
Time needed: 1 - 1.5 hours
Price: $300


Mission Scenario

In the year 2076, the United States is ready to take the next big leap in space exploration. After successfully operating a base on the Moon, called New Tranquility Base, the time has come to send a group of scientists to the planet Mars. These scientists have been training on the Moon for their journey. The mission has been named Operation: LEAPFROG – Lunar Exchange And Preparation For Research On-Going, and has two phases. During Phase One, the New Tranquility Base colonists must act as Mission Control to bring their replacements from Earth orbit to the Moon. Once they arrive, the replacements will take over Mission Control in New Tranquility Base. Phase Two begins with new mission controllers and new astronauts ready to begin the journey to Mars. The mission is completed with a successful landing on Chryse Planitia, the Golden Plains of Mars. Along the way astronauts must complete experiments and make certain the ship is functioning properly.  Mission controllers must track information, do research, and ensure the safety of the crew. The success of the mission relies on responsibility, teamwork, communications, and good decision-making. 


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