"At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation
After seven years of work and nearly $1 billion, the Smithsonian has completed the renovation of the National Air and Space Museum's flagship building in Washington, DC. On October 30, the museum debuted its last-to-open spaceflight exhibition , returning "home" with a gallery devoted to establishing a spacefaring civilization. "Welcome to 'At Home in Space'!" said curator Jennifer Levasseur, who guided us through a…
After seven years of work and nearly $1 billion, the Smithsonian has completed the renovation of the National Air and Space Museum's flagship building in Washington, DC. On October 30, the museum debuted its last-to-open spaceflight exhibition , returning "home" with a gallery devoted to establishing a spacefaring civilization. "Welcome to 'At Home in Space'!" said curator Jennifer Levasseur, who guided us through a virtual tour of the gallery. "This is the story of long-duration spaceflight in the last few decades. We generally call it 'reaching orbit.'" Read full article Comments