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EARTH TO SPACE

Family Weekend 1 & NSO Day

Kennedy Center Campus

Join us for a weekend of activities, performances, workshops, and giveaways.

Mar. 29 & 30, 2025

Upcoming Dates

  • Sat. Mar. 29, 2025 10:30a.m.

  • Sun. Mar. 30, 2025 10:30a.m.

Event Information

  • Genre

    Family

  • PRICE

    FREE (except where noted)

  • Festival

Family Weekend Activities

All activities are free except where noted

SATURDAY, MARCH 29

NASA Information & Giveaway Table
Moon Rock Club (River Pavilion Patio)
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Visit the NASA Information & Giveaway table to gain knowledge about space and to collect fun keepsakes! Participate in a Silent Disco activity and make memories taking pictures in the NASA photobooth and Astronaut Cut Outs.

WORKSHOP: Design Your Martian Spacesuit
An Activity for Kids with Anurita Chandola (UK / India)
PT-109
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Step into the role of a space explorer and create a collaborative, personalized Martian spacesuit in this engaging, hands-on workshop.


SUNDAY, MARCH 30

NSO DAY

NASA Information & Giveaway Table
Moon Rock Club (River Pavilion Patio)
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Visit the NASA Information & Giveaway table to gain knowledge about space and to collect fun keepsakes! Participate in a Silent Disco activity and make memories taking pictures in the NASA photobooth and Astronaut Cut Outs.

WORKSHOP: Design Your Martian Spacesuit
An Activity for Kids with Anurita Chandola (UK / India)
PT-109
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Step into the role of a space explorer and create a collaborative, personalized Martian spacesuit in this engaging, hands-on workshop.

FILM: Discovering Earth from the Stars: Aneeshwar at NASA
Justice Forum
11 a.m.–12 p.m.
$23 (Ticket Cost: $20, Service Charge: $3)

NASA Information & Giveaway Station
Hall of Nations
12:30–1 p.m. and 2–3 p.m.

Visit the NASA Information & Giveaway table to gain knowledge about space and to collect fun keepsakes!

National Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Earth to Space
Concert Hall
1–2 p.m.
Beginning at $25.30 (Ticket Cost: $22, Service Charge: $3.30)

NSO Creative Conversations
Concert Hall
2–2:30 p.m.

Immediately following the Family Concert, join the Kennedy Center’s Youth Ambassador for the Arts & Environment Aneeshwar Kunchala, former astronaut and textile artist Karen Nyberg, and NSO conductor Emil de Cou for a creative conversation. This event is included with the purchase of a Family Concert ticket.

WORKSHOP: Design Your Martian Spacesuit
An Activity for Kids with Anurita Chandola (UK / India)
PT-109
2–4 p.m.

Step into the role of a space explorer and create a collaborative, personalized Martian spacesuit in this engaging, hands-on workshop.

Meet & Greet with Astronaut Karen Nyberg at the Lunar Quilts!
Hall of States
2:45–3:30 p.m.

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