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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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Touch the Stars
Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 am and 2:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m
Location: National Geographic Theater (view map)
$5 Members | $7 Child | $8 Adult
Limited seating available in support of social distancing measures
Touch the Stars centers on mankind's probes used in exploration of our solar system and the galaxy beyond. The film traces the path to space through the history of NASA's probes, orbiters, and landers, from the heart of our solar system to the surface of the other planets and moons, to the grand tour of the Voyager spacecraft through the outer planets and beyond.
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Shuttle Park
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Shuttle Park (view map)
Included with museum general admission
In Shuttle Park, guests can explore the most complete chronology of launch vehicles in the country, including the world’s only fully-stacked Space Transportation System (STS) that includes two solid rocket boosters, genuine space shuttle main engine nozzles and a genuine external tank. The Pathfinder orbiter is on display in Shuttle Park and is flanked by a T-38, a twin-engine supersonic jet used in astronaut training, and the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA), the only one of NASA’s four modified Gulfstream II aircraft on display anywhere in the world.
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Saturn V Hall
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Saturn V Hall (view map)
Included with museum general admission
Experience the mesmerizing view of a National Historic Landmark – an authentic Saturn V rocket – one of only three in the world, located in the Saturn V Hall of the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. Journey through America’s Space Race and NASA’s plan to put man on the moon and the International Space Station, and get a glimpse of the future in commercial space ventures and the latest technological innovations.
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Rocket Park
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Map: Rocket Park
Included with museum general admission
Marvel at the Saturn I Block II rocket, a vibration test article from the development phase of the Saturn program, featuring eight aerodynamic fins to stabilize flight and a powered upper stage for orbital insertion, and can capture stunning views of the one-of-a-kind standing replica of the Saturn V moon rocket.
Guests may also examine an Electric Turbine Rotor from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and learn how such devices assist in energy production.
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Moon Crater
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Moon Crater (view map)
Included with museum general admission
View a mock-up of the Apollo 11 landing site, including a model of the lunar lander and a planted American flag on the cratered surface.
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Military Park
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Military Park(view map)
Included with museum general admission
Guests can see military hardware displayed along with a Boeing CH-47D Chinook and additional land, sea, and air vehicles.
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Mars Grill
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Mars Grill (view map)
Food and beverage prices vary
The Mars Grill® is a great place to relax and grab a bite to eat. The Grill features a wide variety of menu options, all of which are made fresh in the U.S. Space & Rocket Center® kitchen.
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Apollo: When We Went to the Moon
Included with museum general admission
‘Apollo: When We Went to the Moon,’ chronicles the timeline from the beginning of the Space Race – a time when the U.S. and Soviet Union competed over their accomplishments in space exploration – to the collaborative culture of the International Space Station program and beyond. Open now through December, 2019
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Apollo 11 VR
Daily
Location: Davidson Center for Space Exploration
$12 ($10 Members)
Apollo 11 Virtual Reality is the story of the greatest journey ever taken by humankind. This virtual reality experience is the recreation of the events which took place between July 16th and July 24th 1969. Now, for the first time ever, you get to experience this historic event through the eyes of those who lived it.
Apollo 11 Virtual Reality is a new type of interactive documentary. Using a mix of original, archival audio and video together with accurate recreations of the spacecraft and locations, all set to inspirational music, you can relive the greatest journey humans have ever undertaken.
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Temporarily Closed
Spark!Lab
Temporarily closed to support social distancing measures.
Location: Spark!Lab (view map)
This interactive space allows visitors of all ages to become engineers as they work on design challenges, from cleaning up the ocean to creating a flying machine. The hands-on activities inspire students of all ages to use critical thinking skills to solve problems and realize they, too, can be an inventor.
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KidSpace
Temporarily closed to support social distancing measures.
Future astronauts explore the Martian surface at KidSpace in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. Young explorers slide across the Red Planet’s rocky surface, “lift off” in the capsule and test their logic skills at the game walls.
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ISS: Science on Orbit
Open Fridays and Saturdays
Location: Science on Orbit (view map)
This NASA grant-funded exhibit begins with a presentation inside a model of NASA’s Payload Operations Integration Center, where scientists and engineers on Earth manage the complex science experiments astronauts conduct on the International Space Station.
Next, tour mockups of two ISS modules containing 20 full-scale replica racks that illustrate the Environmental Control and Life Support System, the food astronauts consume and a sleeping berth, among other necessary aspects of life and work aboard the station. A connecting node contains a full-scale replica of the Cupola Observation Module, which provides ISS astronauts their view of space and the Earth below.
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HyperShip
Temporarily closed to support social distancing measures.
This HD motion-based simulator is a five-minute, multi-sensory experience that combines a movie-like audiovisual presentation using a high-definition projection screen and surround sound, with the motion of the ride compartment. There are different rides available, including “Red Baron” and “Black Hole.”
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Availability and schedule subject to change
