The Challenger Learning Center of Southeastern Connecticut is currently raising fund for construction of a facility. Upon completion of the building all of the services included in this site will be offered. For more information or to donate to the Challenger Learning Center use the contact form located under the Home heading on this site.

Choose from the following three options, or talk to us about customizing a program specifically for your company.

Option 1

Corporate Outing Space Mission - Voyage to Mars™
Number of Participants: 14-30
Program Length: 2.5 hours
Cost: $30 / person

Fly to Mars in the year 2076 aboard the Mars Transport Vehicle. Replacing a crew of astronauts living on Mars, solving emergencies, building and launching a probe to a Martian moon, and analyzing Martian rocks and soils are just a few of the many activities that must be accomplished by using teamwork, communication and problem solving. A post-briefing session will include discussion of how to apply what's been learned to the working environment.

Option 2

Team Interactions and Space Mission- Voyage to Mars™
Number of Participants: 14-30
Program Length: 4 hours
Cost: $75 / person
Light refreshments included.

Spend two hours in the simulated mission to Mars as mentioned in Option 1, plus participate in an additional two hours of team building and communication activities leading up to the mission. Extra activities will be conducted by specialists in team building and development. Participants will learn the stages of team development and key components to building a successful team. Information gained during the Team Training session will be used to enhance the effectiveness of the team on the Mars mission.

Option 3

Full-day program
Number of Participants: 14-30
Program Length: 6.5 hours
Cost: $125 / person
Light morning refreshments and lunch included.

Participants will have the oportunity to learn about their personal work style and that of those with whom they work. Information will be provided on sources of team conflict and how these may be adddressed to create a more powerful and effective team. These sessions will be conducted by a certified Behavioral Analyst.

After lunch, participants will fly the simulated space mission as a mentioned in Option 1 and will be able to immediately utilize what they learned about individual impact on team performance. After the mission a more intense post-briefing session will be held to discuss the teams performance.

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.