VISTA Christmas Science Show: Mission Moon Station
Experience spectacular experiments with your class or family in the run-up to Christmas!
Livestream for school classes
The livestream for school classes will take place on Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 10:00 am. to 10:50 am. and is suitable for students in grades 2 through 6.
Starting Friday, December 19, 2025, you can watch the VISTA Christmas Science Show on YouTube (@vista.science).
More detailed information about the schedule:
On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 9:00 am., a test livestream will be offered on this page.
The livestream will start on this page 30 minutes before the start (9:30 am.).
No registration is required. On the day of the livestream, simply go to vistascience.at/xmas and start the stream.
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Mission Mondstation für den Unterricht
Prepare your class for the grand VISTA Christmas Science Show!
With the "Mission Moon Station" worksheet, your students can answer exciting estimation questions about the moon - from the distance to Earth to the travel time of a rocket. The correct answers will be revealed live during the show.
Children can also design their own moon station on the back of the worksheet. If you upload the drawings, a selection will be shown in the livestream.
Family Live Show at the ISTA Campus
On Wednesday, December 17, from 5:30 pm. to 6:30 pm., the Family Show will take place at the ISTA Campus, accompanied by Christmas cheer and tasty treats.
FAQ
Since we are streaming the live show to classrooms across Austria, we cannot offer individual technical support.
On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, starting at 9:00 am, there will be a test livestream on this page. This allows you to check your technical setup calmly and, if necessary, consult the IT support of your school. You can test the stream on the website vistascience.at/xmas.
The VISTA Christmas Science Show is recommended for children from the 2nd to 6th grade.
Unfortunately, we cannot provide technical support. If the livestream doesn't work, you can watch the show with your class on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@vista.science) from December 19th.
You can download the worksheet at vistascience.at/xmas.
You can upload drawings here. When the file is successfully uploaded, the word "uploaded" will be highlighted in green and a checkmark will be displayed. You can then close the page. A selection of drawings will be shown in the livestream on Thursday, December 18th, 2025.
The live show will be recorded and then made available on YouTube. You can find us at: www.youtube.com/@vista.science
Please contact us via email at hello@vistascience.at — we will get back to you.
Yes, both the tickets and snacks and drinks on-site are free of charge.
The Family Show takes place in the Raiffeisen Lecture Hall at the ISTA Campus (Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg).
The ISTA Campus is easily accessible by public transport (bus line 400 from Heiligenstadt). If you are traveling by car, the ISTA parking garage is available. More information on getting there can be found here.
Entry begins 15 minutes before the start of the show.
Yes, a ticket must be booked for all participants.
No, due to limited seating, participation is only possible with a valid ticket.
Christmas Science Show 2024
Copyright: ©Anna Stöcher / ISTA
Copyright: ©Anna Stöcher / ISTA
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The VISTA Christmas Science Show is a joint project of the Province of Lower Austria, Department of Science and Research, the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten (USTP), and the VISTA Science Experience Center at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).
