Exhibitions

Apollo to the Moon told the historic story of human exploration of the Moon by the United States.

Artist Michael Benson manipulates extraordinary images of the Solar System from NASA and other planetary databases in order to present what our eyes might see if we could visit these spectacular places ourselves.

Explore the Universe examined how our ideas about the Universe evolved as we developed new astronomical instruments.

This exhibit celebrated the Soviet Union and United States' achievements of launching the first human beings into space in 1961, and examines the technological challenges and public impact, as well as the secrecy surrounding the Soviet effort.

This exhibit showcased some of the 4,250 objects in the Museum’s art collection: paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramic and textile items, jewelry, and other works.

Located inside Beyond The Limits (gallery 213), this exhibition examined the history, development, and current applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS).

High Art: A Decade of Collecting presents 50 works acquired by the Museum from 2003 to 2013.

How Things Fly explains the basic principles that allow aircraft and spacecraft to fly. 

Since the launch of its first satellite in 1972, the Landsat series has provided the longest record of land surface remote sensing from space.

Looking at Earth explores the technology of aerial and space observation and its many uses.