"At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation
Summary
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, completed a seven-year renovation costing nearly $1 billion. Its final spaceflight gallery, “At Home in Space,” opened October 30 and traces more than 50 years of efforts to live and work in space, from the space shuttle era through the International Space Station and future missions.Key Facts
- The museum’s renovated flagship building now includes the “At Home in Space” exhibition.
- The gallery focuses on long-duration spaceflight and the equipment and spacecraft that support people living and working in orbit.
- Exhibits include a space shuttle main engine, a Robonaut 1A prototype, and an extravehicular mobility unit spacesuit.
- The displayed spacesuit is described by the curator as the first, and possibly only, fully flown set of this equipment on public display.
- The extravehicular mobility unit was designed for reuse, with components that can be changed to fit astronauts of different sizes.
- The same type of spacesuit remains in use for U.S. spacewalks on the International Space Station.
- The museum’s suit is missing its functioning portable life support system because the backpacks remain needed for use. [Article text ends mid-sentence.]
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