NEO Life on the Moon Exhibition Summer Vacation Science Project Festival ＜Miraikan＞

"NEO Life on the Moon Exhibition Summer Vacation Science Project Festival" will be held for a limited period of five days during the summer vacation period in conjunction with the currently ongoing special exhibition "NEO Life on the Moon Exhibition".

◆Event Outline

• Period
  Saturday, July 29th to Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Communication floor (A ticket for the "NEO Life on the Moon Exhibition" special exhibition that is valid on the date of admission is required )
• Entry fee
  Free
• cooperation
  Takara Tomy, JGC Global, NGK SPARK PLUG, Taisho Pharmaceutical, Ritsumeikan University, JAXA, ispace, Shogakukan
• Exhibition official website
  "NEO Life on the Moon Exhibition"

◆Program content

◎Space toys including the transforming lunar robot SORA-Q! Ideas wanted!

• Date and time
  Monday, July 31
  11:00-12:00, 14:00-15:00, 16:00-17:00
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Conference Room Venus
• Participants
  15 persons at one time
• Age range
  8 - 12 years

◎Experience the surface of the Moon! "Lunar Surface Plant Inspection Tour"

• Date and time
  Saturday, July 29th
  11:00-11:45, 14:00-14:45, 16:00-16:45
  July 30 (Sun), July 31 (Mon)
  11:00-11:45
  August 1 (Tue)
  14:00-14:45
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Innovation hall
• Participants
  15 persons at one time
• Age range
  Upper elementary school students to adults

◎Learn about the next generation battery "Solid State Battery" that will be used in space in the future

• Date and time
  Monday, July 31
  14:00-15:00, 16:00-17:00
  Tuesday, August 1
  14:00-15:00
  Wednesday, August 2
  14:00-15:00, 16:00-17:00
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Conference Room Mars
• Participants
  15 persons at one time
• Age range
  9-14 years old
  

◎Study Japanese space food! Let's try Lipovitan's Japanese space food! Become a judge and score Japanese space food!

• Date and time
  Tuesday, August 1
  11:00-12:00, 14:00-15:00, 16:00-17:00
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Conference Room Venus
• Participants
  30 persons at one time
• Age range
  Elementary school students to adults

◎Let's experience astronaut training! Can you work together with your friends at a distance?

• Date and time
  Tuesday, August 1, Wednesday, August 2
  11:00-12:30
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Innovation hall
• Participants
  20 persons at one time
• Age range
  Upper elementary school students to junior high school students

◎Imagine and experience the world of lunar and Mars exploration with JAXA staff!

• Date and time
  Tuesday, August 1, Wednesday, August 2
  11:00-12:30, 14:00-15:30
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Conference Room Uranus
• Participants
  30 persons at one time
• Age range
  Elementary school students to adults

◎Pilot the Lunar Exploration Rover! There is also a lunar exploration game.

• Date and time
  Sunday, July 30th
  14:00-15:00, 16:00-17:00
  Monday 31st July, Tuesday 1st August
  16:00-17:00
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Innovation hall
• Participants
  25 persons at one time
• Age range
  Elementary school students to adults

◎Create Picture Book NEO, a "picture book of the Moon"

• Date and time
  July 31st (Monday) - August 2nd (Wednesday)
  16:00-17:00
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Conference Room Neptune
• Participants
  20 persons at one time
• Age range
  From 3 years old to elementary school

◎Put together paper craft of lunar modules

• Date and time
  Saturday, July 29th
  11:00-12:30, 14:00-15:30
  Monday, July 31
  14:00-15:30
  Tuesday, August 1st, Wednesday, August 2nd
  11:00-12:30
• Venue
  Miraikan 7F
  Conference Room Neptune (7/29)
  Conference Room Saturn (7/31-8/2)
• Participants
  20 persons at one time（7/29）, 60 persons at one time（7/31～8/2）
• Age range
  Elementary school students to adults