Yusuf Olatunbosun T, Aminu Musa Chindo, Ayegba Abdullahi, Ale Felix, Oyibo David, Aiyede Jude Oluwaseun, Okojie Innocent Osezele and Ifeanyi Chukwu Stanley
The aim of this research work was to investigate the roles of NASRDA's National Space Museum in the growth and development of space science education in Nigeria. The research method employed for the work was the interview research method. The interview was conducted by the researchers with the director of the museum, Dr. Adeleke, regarding the operation of the museum, their collections, and their contributions to the growth and development of space science education in Nigeria. The results show that the museum has been contributing, and is still contributing, to the growth and development of space science education in Nigeria in various ways, such as collaboration with researchers and research students, teaching health subjects through simulation, equipping the museum with state-of-the-art museum collections, laboratory experiments, STEM education and coding training, and real-time visualization of satellites, among others. From the results, it was concluded that the NASRDA Space Museum is contributing greatly to the growth and development of space science education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary education levels. It is recommended that future work should also be done regarding the challenges faced by the museum despite their outstanding facilities. It was advocated that adequate awareness be created by the museum or space science group(s) on the study benefits derived from the visit to the National Museum either for training, education, tourism, or research works.
Astronomy, Museum, Satellite, Space Science, Virtual reality simulation