From the Harbour to the Moon

This summer, families are invited to join W5’s Learning and Engagement Team for an exciting programme of FREE hands-on STEM activities on the Maritime Mile.

Taking place at the SoundYard as part of Sundays on the Maritime Mile as well as during The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, From the Harbour to the Moon explores the fascinating connections between Belfast’s maritime heritage and the future of space exploration.

Through interactive challenges and creative experiments, families will discover how the knowledge and technologies developed through shipbuilding, navigation, ports and ocean science are helping shape humanity’s next great journeys - to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Visitors can drop by and take part in a range of hands-on activities, including plotting a route from Belfast Harbour to a lunar base, piloting robotic explorers, launching rockets from the waterfront and experimenting with communication systems.

Along the way, families will explore how skills rooted in maritime industries continue to drive innovation today, demonstrating how these sectors are innovative, technological, future-focused and central to sustainability and exploration on Earth and beyond.

The SoundYard is located on Queen’s Quay close to The O2 Belfast and Abercorn Marina.

Activities will run from 12pm-4pm on the following dates:

• 16 August
• 23 August
• 30 August