sentences:  After 22 years as a State of New Hampshire agency, on January 1, 2013, the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center separated from the state and became a private sector nonprofit operation.The State of New Hampshire retained ownership of the facility and grounds, but engaged in a long term lease with the new nonprofit operator, the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Corporation.The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center's programs include the statewide high school "Astronomy Bowl" competition, annual "Aerospacefest" aerospace festival in the spring, stargazing with the New Hampshire Astronomical Society the first Friday of the month along with a public science talk and planetarium show, a teen night series the second Friday night each month, homeschool and teacher workshops, an annual science symposium for educators the last week of June, an annual New Hampshire Space Grant Internship, toddler science workshops and summer camps.