Temporary Exhibits

Space: A Journey to Our Future
February 9 - May 18, 2008

SPACE: A JOURNEY TO OUR FUTURE is created to ignite your desire for discovery, sparking your imaginations and inspiring new generations of explorers to dream of the possibilities that lie ahead.

This extraordinary exhibit, which will tour major Science Centers around the country over four years, gives audiences an opportunity to experience our past explorations and future destiny in space. Visitors to the exhibit are reminded that only through dreaming and exploration can we truly begin to live as inhabitants of this universe in which we find ourselves adrift. SPACE reintroduces audiences to generations of dreamers and thinkers who have at times risked their lives to give us all a better understanding of who we are and how we fit into the universe around us. Most importantly, we will meet today's explorers who continue to understand more about our planet and how to protect it and are on the forefront of the search for answers to our questions about the beginning of our universe and what life exists out there. The exhibit reminds each visitor that it is these unknown questions of our existence that make us all the same, inexorably tied together on this fragile, blue planet. And, through this exhibit, we realize once again that it is a moral imperative for us as the human race and as a planet to continue the search for the answers.

SPACE uses immersive scenic elements, the most advanced interactive exhibits and state-of-the-art projection and audio technology to bring this epic story to life. Along with many other exhibits, you will have the opportunity to experience SPACE firsthand:

• Touch the Moon and Mars-touch actual rocks from the lunar surface and the red planet
  
  
• Explore Mars Base Camp as you walk through a full-size space habitat and work pod
  
  
• Take a spin on a centrifuge that you power like a bicycle
  
  
• Get an up-close look at a wide range of artifacts from the space program
  
  
• Look far into the future of our exploration of the universe in a 360-degree theatre
  
  
• Experience the past, present and future of space through these and dozens of other displays, interactives and experiences

Click here to visit the official website of
SPACE: A Journey to Our Future

The Strategic Air and Space Museum is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization which receives no government funding. Donations are tax exempt to the fullest extent allowed by law. The Museum earns more than 70% of its annual operating budget through admissions, store sales, membership, facility rental and special events.

For more information on supporting or sponsoring future exhibitions, please contact John McLean at 402-827-3100 ext 201 or email: jmclean@strategicairandspace.com