Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/19/2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
Talbot Laboratory
Categories
Illinois Space Day is a completely free event for students in 1st through 4th grades, including lunch!
Saturday, September 19
9:00 am to 1 pm for grades 1 through 4*
Exact location TBA – on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign engineering campus
Hosted by the student organization Illinois Space Society, who will provide all the necessary materials and lunch for each participant.
Illinois Space Day provides an accessible and enriching STEM experience to the Urbana-Champaign community and beyond. Students will enjoy a day full of fun, learning, experimenting and designing.
There will be engineering and scientific demonstrations, hands-on activities such as creating your own moon craters, making straw rockets, and designing and testing Mars rovers, as well as demonstrations such as a hybrid rocket engine hot fire!
To attend, register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXjATjlp0qbZDD4mlHRTPXPelMuGHg1xfiyRzJdHh4KTTAZg/viewform
Registration closes on September 14th.
Questions? Contact iss.educational.outreach@gmail.com
*The afternoon session from Noon to 5:15 pm is for students in grades 5 through 8.
See the separate post, or register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXjATjlp0qbZDD4mlHRTPXPelMuGHg1xfiyRzJdHh4KTTAZg/viewform
Please remember that events may be canceled or rescheduled last minute due to unpredictable weather or other factors. We encourage you to reach out to event organizers before heading out to an event to verify it is still happening.
