# Cosmic Camp-in: Space Rocks at Chabot Space & Science Center

> Event for families in the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont area (CA). Times are Pacific Time.

- When: Jan 23 – Jan 24 · 5:15 PM – 8:30 AM
- Where: Chabot Space & Science Center, 10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619
- Ages: Designed for families and groups with children aged 9-14; siblings ages 4+ welcome with a ticket; children must be accompanied by an adult
- Price: $115 Per Ticket, $90 Moonlight Mission (evening only); members get $20 off per ticket
- Organizer: Chabot Space & Science Center
- Official page: https://tickets.chabotspace.org/orders/611/tickets?cdEventIds=nc&date=2027-01-23T17:15:00-08:00&eventId=69f90c38d068569b59133519
- Last checked: Tue, Oct 27

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## About

An overnight family camp-in at Chabot built around comets, asteroids and meteors. Families check in at the Observatory behind the Center at 5:15 PM and the program starts at 5:50 PM. Children make sublimating dry-ice comets (frozen gases, dust and geysers), K–5 campers design imaginary asteroid-mining machines, and older kids collect and graph comet data and learn about mining careers. The evening also covers how to spot meteor showers, and, weather permitting, a visit to Chabot's historic observatories to meet astronomers. The ticket includes a catered hot dinner, a themed scavenger hunt through the exhibits, a live Zeiss Planetarium show, telescope viewing, a Scout badge or Chabot mission patch and a continental breakfast; the night ends at 8:30 AM. Designed for families and groups with children 9–14; siblings 4 and up may come with their own ticket. Every child needs an adult and every adult needs a child. Families who do not want to sleep over can buy an evening-only Moonlight Mission ticket and leave after the telescope viewing. Pack light: you carry your sleeping gear from the front parking structure to the rear check-in.

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