Future Challenger Learning Center® of

South Dakota

Inspiring the Next Generation of Explorers.
Launching in 2026

How Our Learning Center Will Look in the Future

Welcome to the Future Challenger Learning Center® of South Dakota!

Join us in bringing this immersive Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) experience and education to South Dakota. Our mission is to inspire curiosity, foster teamwork, and empower students to reach for the stars.
on a college campus - along a central walking path
on a college campus - inner solar system near the science building
Voyage in a park setting
as part of a city-scape

Voyage Mark II Exhibit at the Challenger Park

The Voyage Mark II exhibition is a low cost highly accurate 1 to 10-billion scale model of the Solar System for permanent outdoor installation in communities across the Unites States and Canada. The exhibition leverages the extensive heritage of the Voyage Mark I scale model Solar System permanently installed on the National Mall in Washington, DC, between the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument, and permanently installed in Houston, TX, Corpus Christi, TX, and Kansas City, MO.
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Our Directors

Here is all people that working on that.
Michael Cartney

Michael Cartney

Tammy Reiber

Joy Nelson

Joy Nelson

Barb Yoinger

Michael Klatt

Kyle Poehls

Kyle Poehls

Deb Shephard

Deb Shephard

Jeff Danielsen

Jeff Danielsen

Thomas Durkins

Thomas Durkins

Chris Clifton

Randy Tupper

Randy Tupper

Gary Weckwerth

Mark Iverson

JJ Clendenin

Mayor Reid Holien

ex-officio

Tiffany Sanderson

ex-officio
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