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Purchase the Holiday Bundle to Give the Gift of Cosmosphere Camp
A summer 2025 Cosmosphere Camp is the perfect experience for the science-minded or space-loving student on your list!
So Just How Big is the SpaceX Starship?
Starship, the massive new fully reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX, just finished a fit test at the company’s Boca
What a Cool Wreck!
No one was hurt when the first major launch of the Mercury program, the Mercury-Atlas 1, ended in disaster on
A Big Piece of History … Just Hanging Around
The flown SR-71 Blackbird spy plane in our lobby reminds us of the epic engineering feats we build on as
The Cola Wars Head to Space!
July 29, 1985, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched on the STS-51F mission, successfully completing an Abort to Orbit.
We Love You, Wally Funk
Space travel is so new to us, as a species, that every crewed trip to space is historic.
What Do the First Moon Landing, the Liberty Bell 7 Spacecraft, and Pioneering Space-Woman Wally Funk All Have in Common?
There IS something special tying all these things—and Mars (!)—together! But first, a quick review (with some little-known facts along
Liberty Bell 7 Fun Facts
Join us in celebrating the 60th anniversary of Liberty Bell 7 with these Fun Facts about the Mercury spacecraft.
60th Anniversary of Liberty Bell 7 Celebration!
Join us in celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7—along with the celebration of Gemini X and
