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Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery

Air and Space Museum

Exploration reveals that our solar system is filled with amazingly diverse places that transform our understanding of Earth and worlds beyond.

The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery probes the science and history of our exploration of planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system. This exhibit tells the stories of the diversity of worlds circling our Sun and how exploring those worlds helps enhance our own understanding of Earth. Exploring the Planets draws on research from scientists in the Museum’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, who are actively involved in current planetary missions.


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Square, see-through container with multiple instruments inside labeled by function. The labels read Electrical Connections, Ion Source, Electric Sector, Mass Spectrometer, Magnetic Sector and Ion Pump, Electron Multiplier, Atmosphere Filter, Column, Gas Chromatograph, Effluent Splitter and Separator, Hydrogen Carrier Gas Tank, GC Vent, Atmospheric Inlet, Soil Loader and Soil Ovens, and Soil Inlet.

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Full view of a gray and white cylindrical camera. There is an orange wire on the side.

Camera, Imager, Viking Mars Lander

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