Books
A group visit, with a youth, adult or senior association, can take place on Tuesday or Thursday between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM, on Saturday or Sunday afternoon between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM or on Wednesday or Thursday evening between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM.
Visitors are divided into groups of 15 (up to a maximum of 20) people so that the guide remains optimally understandable. Plan your group visit by contacting us first…
Contact us via booking@astropolis.be!
Guides
Astropolis has an excellent team of well-trained guides who are happy to take you on a fun and fascinating journey through the large XPO space. To ensure that a guide is available on your chosen date, you must book your visit at least 14 days in advance. The cost for a guide, for a duration of one hour, is 50.00 euros per group of 15 (maximum 20) people. Is your group larger? Then we must provide several guides.
Our Astropolis guides are Dutch-speaking. An English or German guided tour is possible on request. We currently do not provide French-language guided tours…
Schedule
Every association is different, so we can put together a tailor-made program based on prior knowledge, age and/or budget. We can receive groups of a minimum of 15 to a maximum of 45 people. Larger groups must be divided. We can accommodate up to 80 people at the same time. A few examples of commonly used schedules can be found below…
| A ‘mini’ visit (15 people)
14.00 – Welcome.
14.10 – Guided tour of the large XPO space.
15.15 – Visit auditorium.
16.00 – Break / cafeteria.
17.00 – End.
06.00 Euro p/p – Entrance.
50.00 Euro p/g – Guide.
| A ‘medium’ visit (30 pers.)
19.00 – Welcome.
19.10 – Group 1 – Guided tour.
19.10 – Group 2 – Visit the large dome.
20.15 – Break / cafeteria.
20.30 – Group 1 – Visit the large dome.
20.30 – Group 2 – Guided tour.
21.30 – End.
06.00 Euro p/p – Entrance.
06.00 Euro p/p – Visit the large dome.
50.00 Euro p/g – Guide (2x).
| A ‘maxi’ visit (45 people)
14.00– Welcome.
14.10 – Group 1 – Guided tour + audio.
14.10 – Group 2 – Micro rocket workshop.
16.15 – Group photo + launches!
16.45 – Break / cafeteria.
18.00 – End.
06.00 Euro p/p – Entrance.
16.00 Euro p/p – Workshop.
50.00 Euro p/g – Guide (2x).
Workshops
For groups we propose typical ‘team-building’ activities instead of workshops on an individual basis. All workshops are delivered in our well-equipped Sputnik Lab which can accommodate up to 25 people. A workshop is therefore limited to this number of participants.
During workshops, photos are regularly taken of the participants and made available afterwards via our Facebook page. An additional service and a nice souvenir…
Workshop 1 – Micro rockets
During this innovative workshop we will build our extremely successful IXO micro rocket that flies no less than 100 meters high, lands safely with a parachute and is also completely reusable. Unique in the Benelux!
For security reasons, this workshop cannot be held in the dark! Rain and wind are no problem. Please take this into account!
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: 8 to 88 years
| Material : Included.
| Price: 16.00 euros p/p
Lectures
You can choose from the multimedia presentations below, which are updated annually so that they always remain up-to-date in terms of content, as well as visually.
The lectures are given in the Lemaitre auditorium, which has a five-meter wide screen, 4K 3D projector and can accommodate 54 people (+ 4 wheelchair users)…
Q&A – Questions and Answers
Many children and young people have questions about the universe. Why are planets round? Do animals live in space? What is a black hole? Are there trees on other planets? What if you get sick in space? These are all questions that children asked us in Astropolis…
In short, do the children in your class have questions about astronomy and/or space travel? Then write them down, bring them with you and our specialist will answer them all…
| Duration: 1.00 hours
| Age: 8 to 18 years
| Price: 2.50 euros p/p
Lecture 1a – Invasion of Mars
| ‘Popular demand’ series
The fascination with Mars has been around for a long time. For example, in ancient times Mars was seen as the god of war. Later, when we were able to study the planet for the first time through a telescope, it was thought that we could see channels on it. This is how the idea arose that the red planet might be inhabited…
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 2a – Mars in 3D
| ‘Popular demand’ series
With anaglyph glasses you can view stereo photos in which two separate images are shown on top of each other. One image in red for the left eye and one image in cyan for the right eye. We use this relatively simple technology to study the wonderful topography of Mars from space on a large image and in… 3D!
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 3a – SpaceX
| ‘Popular demand’ series
When the space company SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk and Jim Cantrell in June 2002, everyone was a bit surprised because until then, space travel was mainly reserved for superpowers such as China, Europe, Russia and America. Meanwhile, twenty years later, SpaceX amazes friend and foe with their launch vehicles…
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 5a – From pressure suit to spacesuit
| ‘Popular demand’ series
We go through the history of the printing suit to the spacesuit. From the first stratospheric balloon flight to the first manned flights beyond the atmosphere. A fascinating story with some extraordinary fun facts…
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 6a – Russians on the Moon
| ‘Popular demand’ series
Everyone has at least heard of the American Apollo program that first brought people to the Moon. But did you know that it was the Russians who launched a probe to the Moon for the first time, saw the back side, landed on it and drove…
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 7a – Project: Artemis
| ‘Popular demand’ series
Project: Artemis aims to bring people to the Moon again and this time to stay there. For research, mining and as a platform to explore the rest of the solar system…
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 8a – The International Space Station
| ‘Popular demand’ series
The ISS or International Space Station has been orbiting the Earth for more than twenty years. But how did this project come about? What parts does it consist of and what does it actually do? A chronological overview!
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 10a – Climate change from space
| ‘Popular demand’ series
What is climate change? What influence does man have on this and what are the global consequences of this? And does space travel offer solutions? A fascinating lecture from a unique perspective: space.
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Lecture 11a – Powers of 10
| ‘Popular demand’ series
We make the ultimate journey through the universe. We start at the edge of the visible universe where the large-scale structure becomes visible. We then zoom in steadily from superclusters, galaxies, solar systems to Earth. And our story doesn’t end there. We zoom in further and discover continents, cities, people, cells, atoms, …
| Duration: 2.00 hours
| Age: + 14 years
| Participants: Min. 15 people / Max. 54 people
| Price: 4.50 euros p/p
Observing
When it is dark (and bright), a visit to the large observation dome with a state-of-the-art telescope is always a unique experience. The large 6 m observation dome can accommodate up to 15 people. A visit to the observation dome is only possible if it is combined with a general visit, workshop, lecture and/or display. During sunny days you can also safely look at the Sun with a mobile telescope in front of the building…
Observing 1 – General introduction
Regardless of the weather conditions, we make a guided visit to our large 6-meter dome with extensive instruments. In addition to the explanation of the operation and possibilities of the telescope, we also look at some self-made images of the universe…
| Duration: 0.30 hours
| Age: 8 to 88 years
| Participants: Min. 10 people / Max. 15 people
| Price: 3.00 euros p/p
Observing 2 – General introduction
Regardless of the weather conditions, we make a guided visit to our large 6-meter dome with extensive instruments. In addition to the explanation of the operation and possibilities of both telescopes, we also look at some self-made images of the universe. When the weather permits, we can also safely observe the Sun using a special H-alpha solar telescope…
| Duration: 1.00 hours
| Age: + 12 years
| Participants: Min. 10 people / Max. 15 people
| Price: 6.00 euros p/p