A painting showing a fictional depiction of rockets on the surface of mars.

The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery probes the science and history of our exploration of planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system. 

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Square, see-through container with multiple instruments inside labeled by function. The labels read Electrical Connections, Ion Source, Electric Sector, Mass Spectrometer, Magnetic Sector and Ion Pump, Electron Multiplier, Atmosphere Filter, Column, Gas Chromatograph, Effluent Splitter and Separator, Hydrogen Carrier Gas Tank, GC Vent, Atmospheric Inlet, Soil Loader and Soil Ovens, and Soil Inlet.

Planetary Probe, Viking, Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer

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Model, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, 1:24 Scale

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Camera, Television, Mariner 6 and 7

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Full view of a gray and white cylindrical camera. There is an orange wire on the side.

Camera, Imager, Viking Mars Lander

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The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, First Edition

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Ear Tips, Spock, Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek

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Camera Charge-Coupled Device, HiRISE

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Gold plated disc with etched designs on the surface. At top left is a circle depicting the record. The dashes along the outer edge, in binary code, show the proper rotational speed for playing the record.

Record, Cover, Voyager (Duplicate)

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Tribble, Small, Brown, "Star Trek" TV Series, Prop

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Power to Explore

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Antenna on white disc with an aluminum arm on the left that supports multiple instruments. A long magnetometer boom extends on the right over the exhibit space below.

Voyager Spacecraft

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The Exploration of Mars

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Large orb covered in photos of craters and mountains on Mars. The color is a brownish gray due to the black and white television images used to create it.

Photomosaic Globe of Mars

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