| 词条 | National Space Centre |
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| name = National Space Centre | image = National-Space-Centre-logo.jpg | caption = National Space Centre | alt = National Space Centre, Leicester | map_type = United Kingdom Leicestershire | map_caption = Location of National Space Centre in Leicester | coordinates = {{coord|52.65369|-1.13229|display=inline,title}} | coordinate_type = | established = {{Start date|2001}} | dissolved = | location = Belgrave, Leicester LE4 5NS | type = Space (and aerospace) museum | collection = | visitors = | director = | president = | curator = | publictransit = | network = | website = {{URL|http://www.spacecentre.co.uk |National Space Centre}} }}{{OSM Location map | lat =52.6435 | lon =-1.135 | float=right | zoom =12 | width = 256 | height = 260 | scalemark =10 | mark-coord={{Coord|52.65369|-1.13229}} | label = National Space | labela = Centre | label-pos=left | mark-title = National Space Centre | mark-image = National Space Centre, Leicester. - geograph.org.uk - 70250.jpg | mark-description = The UK's leading space science and astronomy visitor attraction. }} The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar. Many of the exhibits, including upright rockets, are housed in a tower with minimal steel supports and a semi-transparent cladding of ETFE 'pillows'[1] which has become one of Leicester's most recognisable landmarks. HistoryThe building was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, and it opened to the public on 30 June 2001.[2] The tower is {{Cvt|42|m}} tall and claims to be the only place to house upright space rockets indoors.[2] University of LeicesterThe centre arose from a partnership between the University of Leicester's Space Research Centre and local government agencies.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} The total project cost was £52m, £26m of which came from a Millennium Commission grant, and the rest from private sector sponsors.[3] It is run as an educational charity, and offers science workshops for school children of all ages.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} The National Space Centre currently has post-doctoral science researchers based at the University of Leicester's Space Research Centre (SRC) and the University of Nottingham's Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG).{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} Main exhibitsThe Centre has on display one of only three known Soyuz spacecraft in the West (there is one in France at the Cité de l'espace and another one in the United States at the Smithsonian Institution as part of their Apollo-Soyuz Test Project display).{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} {{multiple image| align = right | direction = horizontal | header = | header_align = center | header_background = | footer = | footer_align = left | footer_background = | width = | image1 = The National Space Centre, Leicester - geograph.org.uk - 586977.jpg | width1 = 120 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = Rocket Tower, National Space Centre.jpg | width2 = 133 | alt2 = | caption2 = }} The centre has six main galleries of exhibits and visitor activities covering space flight, astronomy and cosmology. The attraction also includes a Digistar 3 dome cinema and planetarium, a gift shop and a restaurant. The restaurant is situated beneath the two nozzles of the Blue Streak and PGM-17 Thor rockets. FacilitiesDigital visualisationThe Centre's own digital visualisation team, NSC Creative, make all the "fulldome" planetarium shows shown at the Centre. By 2011, NSC Creative fulldome shows are playing in over 220 planetaria in 27 countries worldwide.[2] These productions include the official International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) planetarium show "We are Astronomers" which was funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).[4] Near Earth objectsThe failed Beagle 2 Mars spacecraft was controlled from the centre's Landing Operations Control Centre.[5] UK Government's official Near-Earth object (NEO) Information Centre[6] is also based at the centre.[7] Events
In 2007, the National Space Centre celebrated 50 Years in Space: the anniversary of the first satellite, Sputnik.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://grimshaw.global/projects/national-space-centre/| title=Grimshaw projects: National Space Centre, Leicester, UK| website=Grimshaw: Architecture, Planning, Industrial Design|access-date=22 February 2017}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13812684|title=National Space Centre in Leicester celebrates 10 years|publisher=BBC|date=30 June 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/spacecentrejune2001.pdf| title= The National Space Centre: The countdown begins|website = University of Leicester Bulletin|year=2001| issue=Supplement: June/July 2001| format=PDF}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=We Are Astronomers|url=http://www.astronomy2009.co.uk/index.php/we-are-astronomers|website=IYA2009|accessdate=13 February 2017|ref=International Year of Astronomy}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.src.le.ac.uk/projects/beagle2/report/Beagle-2-Mission-Report-inners.pdf |title=Beagle 2 Mars: Mission Report |first=M.R. |last=Sims, Beagle 2 Mission Manager |publisher=National Space Centre |year=2004 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614013512/http://www.src.le.ac.uk/projects/beagle2/report/Beagle-2-Mission-Report-inners.pdf |archivedate=14 June 2007 |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nearearthobjects.co.uk |publisher=nearearthobjects.co.uk|title=The Spaceguard Centre | The National Near Earth Objects Information Centre |accessdate=26 September 2016}} 7. ^{{cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1743921307003602|title=The UK Near Earth Object Information Centre (NEOIC)|first=Iwan P.|last=Williams|publisher=International Astronomical Union, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 236|year=2006}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Godsall|first1=David|title=National Space Centre's Star Wars weekend blasts off|url=http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/national-space-centres-star-wars-9483455|accessdate=20 July 2016|newspaper=Loughborough Echo|date=18 June 2015}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/doctor-fans-meet-stars-villains-national-space/story-20090129-detail/story.html|title=Doctor Who fans meet stars and villains at National Space Centre.|publisher=Leicester Mercury|date=16 November 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119115206/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Doctor-fans-meet-stars-villains-National-Space/story-20090129-detail/story.html|archivedate=19 November 2013|df=dmy-all}} External links{{Commons category|National Space Centre, Leicester}}
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