Future Challenger Learning Center® of

South Dakota

Inspiring the Next Generation of Explorers.
Launching in 2026
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Welcome to the Future Challenger Learning Center® of South Dakota!

Join us in bringing this immersive STEM experience and education to South Dakota. Our mission is to inspire curiosity, foster teamwork, and empower students to reach for the stars.
What is STEM?

How Our Learning Center Will Look in the Future

on a college campus - along a central walking path
on a college campus - inner solar system near the science building
Voyage in a park setting
as part of a city-scape

Voyage Mark II Exhibit at the Challenger Park

The Voyage Mark II exhibition is a low cost highly accurate 1 to 10-billion scale model of the Solar System for permanent outdoor installation in communities across the Unites States and Canada. The exhibition leverages the extensive heritage of the Voyage Mark I scale model Solar System permanently installed on the National Mall in Washington, DC, between the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument, and permanently installed in Houston, TX, Corpus Christi, TX, and Kansas City, MO.
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Check These Out While Waiting

Here are some features and interactives that you can take a look at while you wait for launch.

NASA Home and City

NASA technology is all around you. Discover which technologies, originally used for space missions, are now making life better on Earth.
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Exoplanet Travel Bureau

Even the closest exoplanets are too far away to visit. But what if they weren't? Take a trip outside our solar system with guided tours in English and Spanish.
Tour the Galaxy

What Hubble Saw on Your Birthday

Hubble explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonders on your birthday.
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