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Space Science

Air and Space Museum

The space sciences collection includes objects ranging from engineering models, components, and prototypes to mockups and models representing the full range of scientific activities performed on space vehicles, including both suborbital and orbital satellites, probes, and landers, as well as missions flown into orbits around other celestial bodies, including the moon, other planets, the Sun, and the Earth’s Lagrangian points.  Specific subject matter areas include but are not limited to astrophysics, biology, the earth sciences,  geophysics, planetary science, and solar physics.  Collections areas also include artifacts from the ground-based sciences that represent the intellectual and technical infrastructure within which the problems addressed by the space sciences are rationalized.


  • National Air and Space Museum 115 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Uncrewed spacecraft 115 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Components (objects) 28 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Instruments 24 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Payloads 24 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Testing equipment 7 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Communication systems (mechanical and electrical systems) 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Navigational instruments 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Electrical systems 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • United States of America 114 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • National Air and Space Museum Collection 115 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA 31 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Space Science 28 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC 14 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery 6 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Destination Moon 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Boeing Aviation Hangar 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • James S. McDonnell Space Hangar 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Outer space 115 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Remove Topic: Spaceflight close

Electronics, Vector Helium Magnetometer, Planetary Probe, Pioneer 10

Sensor, Vector Helium Magnetic, Planetary Probe, Pioneer 10

Lander, Mars, Viking, Proof Test Article

Camera, Television, Mariner 6 and 7

Satellite, Micrometeoroid Detection, Explorer 23

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.

Planetary Probe, Viking, Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer

Camera, Television, Surveyor

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

Camera, Imager, Viking Mars Lander

Satellite, OSO-1, Prototype

Mariner 10 Spacecraft made out of aluminum, and mixed metals.

Spacecraft, Mariner 10, Flight Spare

Magnetometer Boom, Mariner 10

Planetary Probe, Viking Mars Lander, Biology Experiment

Satellite, International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), Engineering mock up

Solar Panel, Satellite, IUE, Test Unit

Solar Panel, Satellite, IUE, Test Unit

Spectrometer, X-ray, OSO-2

Photometers, UV, OGO-4

Planetary Probe, Pioneer Venus, Deceleration Probe, Structural Test Model

Full view of a pointed gray metallic cylinder with a round base.

Planetary Probe, Comet Penetrator, Drop Test Model

Satellite, Infrared, IRAS, Replica

Solar Panel, Satellite, Infrared, IRAS, Replica

Solar Panel, Satellite, Infrared, IRAS, Replica

Part, Satellite, Infrared, IRAS, Replica

Tall cylindric structure covered in aluminum foil, mounted on a blue frame at slight angle.

Structural Dynamic Test Vehicle, Hubble Space Telescope

Gas Tank, Satellite, HEAO

Sun Sensor, Eye Block

Satellite, S-46, Payload Test Unit

Satellite, Explorer 4, Payload

Transmitter, Satellite, Explorer 1

Engineering Model, Lander, Mars, Pathfinder

Airbags, Lander, Mars, Pathfinder

Model, Antenna, High-gain, Mars, Pathfinder Lander

Model, Instrument, Atmospheric Structure/Meteorology, Mars, Pathfinder Lander

Model, Ramp, Rover Exit, Mars, Pathfinder Lander

Parts, Lander, Mars, Pathfinder


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