The Museum’s Home Beyond Earth exhibit expands its orbit and invites visitors to enter a futuristic life-size space station module—the TESSERAE Space Habitat Pavilion. The 20-foot high dome pavilion is a full-scale mock-up of the TESSERAE self-assembling space habitat designed to sustain and enrich life in orbit. Created in Cambridge, Mass. by Aurelia Institute, the […]
Astronaut Cady Coleman takes listeners from meteorite hunting in Antarctica to launching a $1.6 billion telescope into space to the wonder of spending six months living and working in zero gravity. This talk will inspire anyone eager to escape a box in which they have been (unfairly) placed or to develop the confidence to succeed, […]
The Museum invites you to an intimate evening reception and engaging presentation with retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Cassidy. Cassidy’s extensive NASA experience includes three spaceflights on the International Space Station between 2009-2020, performed ten spacewalks and served as Commander for Expedition 63 on the ISS during his 377 days in space. […]
Nicole Stott, astronaut, artist and Space for Art Foundation Co-Founder, will be at the Museum on January 25, 2025 for a special screening of the award-winning film, Space For Art, and a live Q&A. Space for Art is an extraordinary documentary film on the power of hope, courage, and healing. The film follows astronaut and artist Nicole Stott […]