Family Fun Stuff

ASU Mars Space Flight Facility
Department of Geological Sciences
Tempe, AZ 85287-6305
Phone: (480)965-1790
Open 8:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday.
The facility supports the Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment that was sent aboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft when it launched in November 1996. The Mars facility has a visitor area with displays about Mars and a television tuned to NASA TV.

ASU Planetarium
Arizona State University
Bateman Physical Sciences Center
Tempe, AZ 85287-1504
Phone: (480)965-6891
Open Tues. and Thurs., 6:30 p.m.
Sept.-Nov. and Feb.-April. Shows last approximately 30 to 50 minutes. Weather permitting; viewing though ASU telescopes follows each show. Reservations are required for all evening shows.

Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU
Bateman Physical Sciences Center C-139
Tempe, AZ 85287-2504
Phone: (480)965-6511
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am - 4pm.
The center has one of the world's largest university-based meteorite collections, with specimens representing over 1,500 separate falls. The collection is actively used for space-oriented research by scientists at ASU and throughout the world.

Fiddlesticks Tempe
1155 W. Elliott Rd.
Tempe, AZ 85284
Phone: (480)961-0800
Located one mile east of the I-10 and Elliot. Speedy go-karts; wet n' wild bumper boats; award-winning, lighted driving range; batting cages; video arcade and mini-golf provide great family fun.

Splash Playground
Tempe Beach Park
Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: (480)350-8625
Open mid-April through September, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
This one-acre park teaches how a drop of rain ends up either in the ocean or becomes part of the city water supply.

Tempe Town Lake
Mill Ave. & Rio Salado Pkwy.
Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: (480)350-8625
Tempe Town Lake, located adjacent to Downtown Tempe, provides a 2-mile recreational haven for kayaking, sailing, rowing, jogging, skating or picnicking.