The Challenger Learning Center with Tom Taormina & Brad Haddock

Tom Taormina & Brad Haddock discuss the Nevada Challenger Learning Center. About Nevada Challenger: Challenger Center for Space Science Education is an international, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) education organization. It was founded by the families of the astronauts lost during the last flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle. Together with NASA scientists, engineers and leading educators from around the world, they opened the first Center in 1986. Now there are about 45 Centers around the world, in the US, the UK, Canada and South Korea. Challenger Learning Center of Northern Nevada is the local, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded to bring a Challenger Center to Nevada. Our Mission: Using space exploration as a theme, Challenger Center creates positive learning experiences that raise students’ expectations of success; foster a long-term interest in mathematics, science, and technology; and motivate students to pursue college and career pathways in these fields.