Exploring Space

Embark on a journey to an exhibit that’s out of this world. Exploring Space will take you on a journey across the galaxy where you’ll have the opportunity to view Earth from a spaceship, travel to a black hole, and examine objects that traveled to outer space and back. Here, you’ll have the chance to make your very own moon crater, take the controls of the lunar lander (ages 7 and under), and buckle into a space pod to take a journey to the outer limits of space.

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Exhibit Gallery

Exhibit Highlights

Lunar Lander

Find a model of the Apollo 11 lunar lander, scaled perfectly for our youngest visitors to climb inside, sit at the controls, and safely land on the surface of the Moon

Mars Mission Control

Your mission is to navigate the curiosity rover around Mars and collect samples that can reveal details about water and the potential for life on the planet.

Space Pods

Lay back and tour the outer reaches of space.

REAL Space Artifacts

See a NASA Spacesuit, get close to a REAL moon rock, explore the signatures on the piece of a rocket. On display is also a Connecticut state flag that was flown aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station in 2000.

Solar Wavelength Viewers

Explore the same technology scientists use to see the sun in wavelengths beyond the visible light spectrum.