Tempe, AZ Discount Hotels

ASU Mars Space Flight Facility

Department of Geological Sciences

Tempe, AZ 85287-6305

Phone: (480)965-1790

Open 8:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday.

The facility supports the Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment that was sent aboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft when it launched in November 1996. The Mars facility has a visitor area with displays about Mars and a television tuned to NASA TV.

ASU Planetarium

Arizona State University

Bateman Physical Sciences Center

Tempe, AZ 85287-1504

Phone: (480)965-6891

Open Tues. and Thurs., 6:30 p.m.

Sept.-Nov. and Feb.-April. Shows last approximately 30 to 50 minutes. Weather permitting; viewing though ASU telescopes follows each show. Reservations are required for all evening shows.

Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU

Bateman Physical Sciences Center C-139

Tempe, AZ 85287-2504

Phone: (480)965-6511

Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am - 4pm.

The center has one of the world's largest university-based meteorite collections, with specimens representing over 1,500 separate falls. The collection is actively used for space-oriented research by scientists at ASU and throughout the world.

Fiddlesticks Tempe

1155 W. Elliott Rd.

Tempe, AZ 85284

Phone: (480)961-0800

Located one mile east of the I-10 and Elliot. Speedy go-karts; wet n' wild bumper boats; award-winning, lighted driving range; batting cages; video arcade and mini-golf provide great family fun.

Splash Playground

Tempe Beach Park

Tempe, AZ 85281

Phone: (480)350-8625

Open mid-April through September, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

This one-acre park teaches how a drop of rain ends up either in the ocean or becomes part of the city water supply.

Tempe Town Lake

Mill Ave. & Rio Salado Pkwy.

Tempe, AZ 85281

Phone: (480)350-8625

Tempe Town Lake, located adjacent to Downtown Tempe, provides a 2-mile recreational haven for kayaking, sailing, rowing, jogging, skating or picnicking.