Watch Out! Four Historic Timepieces on Display at the Cosmosphere
Plus – Rock Your Astronaut Style! Now through December 5, Cosmosphere is raffling off one brand-new OMEGA Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional, valued at $6,300.
Launch of the Space Age
October 4th is the 64th Anniversary of the launch of Sputnik and the start of World Space Week 2021.
Liftoff of Mercury-Atlas 8!
Liftoff of Mercury-Atlas 8!
Space Artifact of the Month
Did you know that the Cosmosphere only displays about 7% of its total artifacts from our collection? Every month you’re invited behind-the-scenes to learn about unique space artifacts not typically available to the public with Cosmosphere Space Arti-FACTS.
Space Influencer Visits Cosmosphere
Camille Calibeo, aka The Galactic Gal, chose a visit to the Cosmosphere for her first travel excursion as Galactic Gal since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 Chica launch site in south Texas.
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 July 29, 1960.
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 we look to the future of flight.
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.