NASA Explorer Badge

JR1

How to unlock:
1. Follow NASA
2. Checkin at 4 recommended venues

Unlock instructions verified on: 07/01/2011

Venues:
http://4sq.com/yBEjqN
http://4sq.com/yIjxR2
http://4sq.com/wtpslO
http://4sq.com/z0LPLf
http://4sq.com/zaLEiw
http://4sq.com/zxJKhu
http://4sq.com/fu5Gkz

Many more recommended venues listed on their foursquare page Here

Unlock Message:
"Check the hoses on your spacesuit and prepare for launch! You have discovered lots of NASA related locations, making you an official NASA Explorer. Keep looking up and checking in!"

gary_galavant

Do you know any for the NYC area because you can only go to page 5 on their site and their are none on pages 1-5

JR1

As far as i know the 5 pages of recommended venues are all they have and those are the only places to unlock the badge. I have not heard of any locations in NYC to unlock it as of yet.

vec

These are the NY Metropolitan Area recommendations by NASA but I am not sure if they count towards the badge.

NYC:
https://foursquare.com/venue/19599
https://foursquare.com/venue/32348

Long Island:
https://foursquare.com/venue/402302
https://foursquare.com/venue/8609815
https://foursquare.com/venue/477902

Tymora

Checked into a bunch of places and nothing seemed to work until I checked into the NASA Hq in D.C. https://foursquare.com/touch/venue/75403

JR1

I unlocked it at this venue in Orlando FL, https://foursquare.com/venue/272044

Tymora

Incidently, this the badge where 1 of the recommended venues (the one in McClellen CA) is a de-activated military base that may or may not be secured. And another venue is the Dryden Test Facility, Edwards CA, and that is in a secured area of a very active military base. Heads up to all you non-jumpers trying to get this badge...probably should stay clear of these venues unless you have a military I.D...Or you like being chased by black jeeps

JR1

lol.. that would be funny

gary_galavant

I have a feeling the NY venues dont count because I checked into all 5 of them, 1 in newark nj and 1 in philly and still nothing....

Tymora

Check in to nasa hq

RainWave23

I unlocked it in Chicago, here: https://foursquare.com/venue/20321

dave

this one is elusive, it took me over a dozen check-ins at places from all over their tips pages (including nasa hq) before it finally unlocked at griffith observatory in los angeles. keep trying, you'll get it eventually.

Khandurian

Ya, this one is a pain as well. Spent the day at Kennedy Space Center. Checked into the 3 places they have out there. Guess what, No badge...

eire09

Oh shite here come the black jeeps....

Tymora

Watch out for those guys. They have M16's and they don't play!

JR1

It's not what they do to catch you.. It's what they do after they catch you that one should worry about. lol ;)

SumimiZ

I unlocked it this way;
1st: https://foursquare.com/venue/595525
2nd: https://foursquare.com/venue/2601847
3rd: https://foursquare.com/venue/1407109
And the last venue:
4th: https://foursquare.com/venue/775581
Hope it works. Do tell me if it does.

erikdran

it worked for me! Thanks so much

gary_galavant

checked into nasa hq in washington dc and got the badge

mang0es

I wonder why Ames Research Center isn't on the list.... And I'm not talking bout their Exploration Center...

JR1

Yea I know the venue you are refering to ( https://foursquare.com/venue/39764) and it's just one of those things the brand decides which places they are going to recommend and they always seem to leave out alot of venues that people would have though would have been included. Guess it all just comes down to how much time they wanted to spend since they do have to go through and list all the venues 1 at a time and write a comment for each one that they recommend.

Iron

RainWave23

Well I can tell you because your check-ins from 10:22am on were so close together, nothing after your 10:27 check-in counted. Remember, you're only allowed 3 check-ins every 15 minutes. Then you have to wait 15 minutes from your LAST check-in before it'll start counting again. If you didn't get points for the check-in, it didn't count.

Also, your check-in at 8:55 was in washington DC, then at 10:22 back in Florida. Then a few minutes later in NY. That's too fast and there's no way you got credit for all of those. You have to take travel time in to consideration. I'd delete every check-in after your 3:00am check-in and try again.

Start with the New York venues @vec listed above.

Jarrellish

Help for those with NASA venue check-ins in CA:
Multiple visits to venues below counted toward badge, but badge unlocked only when I visited the NASA Exploration Center - Ames Visitors Center in Mountain View (https://foursquare.com/venue/2529010).

Alcatraz https://foursquare.com/venue/24101 (1x)
CA Academy of Sciences https://foursquare.com/venue/43232 (2x)
Exploratorium https://foursquare.com/venue/33453 (3x)
Lawrence Hall of Science https://foursquare.com/venue/51485 (2x)
Chabot Space & Science Center https://foursquare.com/venue/90455 (1x)

Pleasurie

Hi, tried clicking the link to follow NASA, but the link doesn't seems to work, kindly help. Thank you.

JR1

@Pleasurie Just tried the link and it worked fine for me. But either way here is a copy of the link
https://foursquare.com/nasa

mang0es

the link on the MOG website has never worked for me either, from various browsers. update the link? all the other links on the list seems to work fine except for this particular one. thanks.

JR1

@mang0es Every time I click on the link it takes me right to the page. The link is def correct and works.

Beerknurd

The link works for me as well.

jimmyongah

@mang0es i think your browser got infected by malware or something like that

Retired Moderator

The link on the badge list is: https://foursquare.com/user/nasa

There are others that also the the /user/ in the link. Foursquare no longer uses the /user/

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