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Part ofWorld Space Week, October 4 to 10In partnership withPortsmouth Libraries

World Space Week 2026 · 4–10 October

Build Your Rocket,
then launch it.

The whole world celebrates space every October, and this year's theme is the Rocket Revolution. So we are bringing two one-hour workshops to Portsmouth libraries with Portsmouth City Council. Your child designs a rocket, builds it, launches it, and takes it home.

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Ages 5–11All welcome
£4Per child
1 hourOf real engineering
Sat 10 OctTwo sessions
Louno Wsw Astro Louno Wsw Rocket

Upcoming workshops

Pick a session to book

Booking for these two sessions has closed, and both ran on Saturday 10 October 2026. They are left here so you can see what a session looks like. Want the next one? The form below.

Louno Wsw Rocket

Session one

Central Library

Build Your Rocket, the 11am session.

Ages 5–11
  • Saturday 10 OctoberWorld Space Week
  • 11:00am – 12:00pmOne hour, doors open five minutes early
  • Central LibraryGuildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2DX
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Louno Wsw Saturn

Session two

Southsea Library

Build Your Rocket, the 3pm session.

Ages 5–11
  • Saturday 10 OctoberWorld Space Week
  • 3:00pm – 4:00pmOne hour, doors open five minutes early
  • Southsea Library14 Palmerston Road, Southsea PO5 3QY
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How the hour works

Real engineering, not a craft table

The same five-phase method we use in our school clubs, packed into sixty minutes and pitched at the child in front of us.

1

Design

Fins, nose cone, weight. We show the real trade-offs engineers make, then every child draws their own rocket.

2

Build

They build the thing they drew. Every material is ours, so there is nothing to bring and nothing to buy.

3

Launch

Every rocket flies. Some go straight up, some do not, and working out why is the best part of the hour.

4

Take it home

The rocket goes home with them, along with the reason it flew. That is the bit they retell at school on Monday.

Before you book

Everything parents ask us

If your question is not here, email [email protected] and a human answers, usually the same day.

  • Ages 5 to 11Younger siblings are welcome to watch, but the build is pitched at 5+.
  • A grown-up staysThis is a library session, not a drop-off. One parent or carer per family, no charge.
  • Bring nothingWe arrive with every piece of equipment. Just come in clothes that can meet glue.
  • Step-free and supportedBoth libraries are accessible. There is a box at checkout for support needs and allergies, and we plan the hour around what you tell us.
  • £4 per childPaid by card here on the site. Stripe handles the payment, so we never see your card details.
  • RefundsCannot make it? Email us before 9 October and we refund in full. Places are capped, so telling us frees a seat for someone else.

Missed it?

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about the next one.

Booking for Saturday 10 October has closed. We run workshops in Portsmouth libraries through the year, plus holiday camps and after-school clubs. Leave your details and we will email you when the next dates are set.

One email when there is something to say. Nothing else, and never passed on. [email protected]

Future workshops

Portsmouth libraries, camps and clubs

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