Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center

The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center (known as the McAuliffe Space Center or CMSEC), in Pleasant Grove, Utah, teaches school children about space and is visited by students from around the world. It has a number of space flight simulators.

The center, named for educator Christa McAuliffe, was started in 1990 by Victor Williamson, an educator at Central Elementary School. It is a 4,000-square-foot (370 m) building added onto Central Elementary. It aims to teach astronomy and social studies through the use of simulators; the first, Voyager, proved itself popular. As the years passed, the demand for flights expanded and new ships were commissioned. As of a press release on October 24, 2012, the space center was temporarily closed at Central Elementary. The center was re-opened following several district-mandated upgrades, closures, and maintenance procedures in Spring 2013. The simulators employed by the center have included the following (In order of original construction):