Mleiha: Space Camp Experience with Stargazing Activities

Explore Mleiha Space Camp in a 3-hour evening session with hands-on astronomy workshops and guided stargazing.

Getting started

Arrive at Mleiha Space Camp for your evening-only package and check in for your 3-hour program. Once your group is assembled, you meet your expert English and Arabic-speaking guide, who outlines the schedule and safety guidelines. After this short briefing, you move into the first interactive session that introduces key astronomy concepts.

What to expect

Mleiha Space Camp

This 3-hour outdoor experience is designed for guests aged 5 and above and can host up to 100 students at a time. The program combines classroom-style explanations with practical experiments and night-sky observation.

Features

• Begin with an introduction to astronomy session, where you explore how scientists study space and learn core ideas that you will use in later activities. This foundation helps connect each workshop to real-world space science.

• Take part in a cook your own comet workshop that lets you build a model comet using simple materials. As you mix and shape it, you see how a comet’s structure relates to its behavior in the solar system.

• Join the impact cratering and solar system walk to understand how collisions shape planetary surfaces. Moving through this activity, you compare different planets and trace their positions in the solar system.

• Work through a calculate the probability of life in the universe exercise that uses step-by-step reasoning. You consider factors scientists look at when estimating how common habitable worlds might be.

• Build skills in a basics of observation session focused on how to look at the night sky systematically. You practice identifying reference points so you can recognize patterns during the sky viewing.

• Take part in a guided stargazing session led by your expert English and Arabic-speaking guide. Using the observation techniques you have just learned, you identify visible stars or constellations and apply your new astronomy knowledge in real time.

• Benefit from entry to Mleiha Space Camp with a structured 3-hour program suitable for families, school groups, and small groups alike. If you choose the group discount option, you receive a 40 percent discount on a minimum purchase of 3 tickets, while the standard tickets include the same core workshops without this discount.