 Featured Exhibit:
Space Quest: Exploring the Moon, Mars & Beyond
Make the Universe Your Playground
After more than three years of planning, the Virginia Air & Space Center has opened the first phase of its new hands-on space gallery. For thousands of years the planets have been a source of intrigue and mystery for mankind. Even today man’s need to explore is inspired by these heavenly bodies.
Our Solar System
Planetary Models – Guests to the new Space Quest gallery need only to look up for a little planetary inspiration of their own. High above the second-floor, nearly 30 feet high, hang giant planetary models of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. In fact the models are the largest in the country to be displayed inside a museum or science center. Read more.
Mars and the Moon
Your interactive, inter-stellar journey begins here with the Mars Transporter, a simulated space travel experience that will take you to the Mars surface. Don’t worry, the six-month journey will feel more like a few minutes, and once on the planet’s surface you’ll know it was well worth the wait. Let go of your inhibitions and climb on board. Outer space awaits you. Read more.
Living and Working in Space
Space Stations - Humans have been working and living in space since the 1970s. Space stations have played an important role in space exploration by providing long-term labs for research. This exhibit highlights some of the science pursued in space-based laboratories, including Earth observation, materials science, human adaptation to microgravity, and space biology. Visitors can compare and contrast scale models of Sky Lab, Mir and the International Space Station as they reviewgraphic panels that illustrate the past, present and future of these space labs.
Visions of Space Exploration
Time Machine – Visitors are invited to explore time and space when they enter the Time Machine for a quick jaunt through the centuries. Overhead a vortex of time spins chaotically as guests select random videos that highlight milestones in man’s never-ending journey to explore. A total of 20 time machine pit-stops provide a humorous, tongue-in-cheek glance at time, from Stonehenge in 3000 BC to the future of Deep Space exploration in 5026.
 IMAX Virginia Air & Space Center
600 Settlers Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669-4033
(757) 727-0900
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