Visit Toulouse’s Cité de l’Espace!

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Are you a fan of space? Well, this is the place for you. This really brought back the wondering child in us. Unique in Europe, the Cité de l’espace theme park has completely renovated its various interactive exhibition and activity areas in 2012. From 2014 until mid-2015, enjoy the temporary exhibition “Extremes explorations” (dedicated to Mars / Curiostity robot & Rosetta mission). Have you ever dreamed of walking on the Moon or going into the MIR Space Station or taking a Soyouz spacecraft somewhere ? The Space Museum opens its doors into the universe… More than 12 acres to discover Space as if you were there. Go on an unforgettable voyage into the heart of deep space. In the exhibition hall there are more than 250 interactive exhibits available for your exploration. Outdoors you’ll discover a park with the MIR Space Station, a full size Ariane 5 satellite launcher and many more symbols of Mankind’s conquest of space. In Astralia, the sixth continent, a new planetarium and a large format IMAX 3D cinema which brings you right into the heart of space!

Space European Capital, Toulouse, in the Midi-Pyrenees, is the first space center in Europe. The Cité de l’espace is now the site of European reference for the dissemination of culture and space astronomy to the general public. The theme park extends over 5 hectares and receives an average of 270,000 visitors each year.

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