“Space: A Journey to Our Future” Opens Father’s Day Weekend
at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
Visitors will
experience the thrill of living in a Lunar Base Camp and planning their own
mission to Mars without leaving D.C. at the National Air and Space Museum’s new
exhibit. “Space: A Journey to Our Future” opens Saturday, June 14, just in time
for children to take their Dads on an unforgettable Father’s Day celebration. The
exhibit, on view at the museum through
Jan. 11, 2009, highlights current projects in space exploration—satellites,
space telescopes, living in space—and offers a glimpse to the future of human
space travel.
“This exhibition uses the latest technology in museum
interactives to introduce our visitors to space exploration,” museum director
Gen. J.R. “Jack” Dailey said. “We hope that the hands-on activities in ‘Space:
A Journey to Our Future’ will inspire visitors to learn about the history of
the space program and become involved in the future of space exploration. The
exhibition is a fitting commemoration of the 50th anniversary of NASA.”
“We hope this
exhibit will help inspire the next generation of dreamers and explorers,” said Joyce
L. Winterton, NASA’s Assistant Administrator for Education. “We want to ignite the desire for
discovery in the youth who will be our next pioneers to explore the galaxy.”
Highlights of “Space: A Journey to Our Future” include a
Lunar Habitat, where visitors can experience what it would be like to live and
work on the Moon; an up-close look at NASA’s new Constellation Program with a
model of the Ares I launch vehicle and the Orion crew capsule, the next
generation of human spacecraft; an illustrated timeline of NASA’s 50 years of
space exploration; and the multimedia 360-degree “Future Theatre.” This
traveling exhibit developed by Evergreen Exhibitions is presented at the
National Air and Space Museum courtesy of NASA, Lockheed Martin and General
Motors.
The National Air and Space Museum building on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C., is located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue
S.W. The museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located in Chantilly, Va.,
near Washington Dulles International Airport. Both facilities are open daily
from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. (Closed Dec. 25) Admission is free, but there is a
$12 fee for parking at the Udvar-Hazy center.
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