List of space artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution
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The List of space artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution includes space artifacts exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, and the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility. The Smithsonian Institution's collection of space artifacts is the largest on display in the world.[1]
Space artifacts displayed at the National Air and Space Museum[edit]
- Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia capsule
- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project replica
- Explorer 1 replica
- Mercury Friendship 7 capsule
- Gemini 7
- Hubble Space Telescope test article and backup mirror
- Pioneer H
- Skylab B
- Sputnik replica
- V-2 rocket
- Vanguard TV3
Large space artifacts displayed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center[edit]
Opened in 2003, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, located near Washington Dulles International Airport in Fairfax County, Virginia,[2] features thousands of artifacts for which insufficient space could be found for display in the museum's National Mall building.[2] The James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, opened in 2004, is incorporated into the Udvar-Hazy Center.[2][3]
- Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory
- Aerobee Heliostat Nosecone, Infrared Telescope, and Instrument Rack
- Aerobee Nose Cone Shell
- Agena-B Upper Stage
- Airborne Infrared Telescope
- Alouette satellite
- Antisatellite Missile
- Apollo Boilerplate Command Module
- Applications Technology Satellite, ATS-1
- Ariane 4 Rocket Model
- Viking 5C rocket engine
- Ariel 1 satellite replica
- Atlas-Agena Launch Console
- Atlas-Centaur Rocket Model
- Atoll Missile
- BMW 109-558 Rocket Engine and Propellant Tanks
- Bat Missile
- Bell No. 2 Rocket Belt
- Blohm und Voss Bv 246B Hagelkorn
- Caltech Infrared Telescope
- Corona Film Return Capsule
- Corporal Missile
- Echo 1 Communications Satellite replica
- Explorer 1 satellite mock-up
- Explorer 6 satellite replica
- Explorer 7 satellite replica
- Explorer 8 satellite replica
- Explorer 10 satellite replica
- Explorer 12 satellite replica
- Explorer 17 satellite replica
- F-1 (rocket engine) engine
- F-23 Ramjet Research Vehicle
- Far Side Sounding Rocket
- Gargoyle Missile
- Gemini Paraglider Research Vehicle 1-A
- Gemini TTV-1 Paraglider Capsule
- Gemini 7 Spacecraft
- Goddard 1935 A-Series Rocket
- H-1 Rocket Engine
- H-I Rocket Model
- H-II Rocket Model
- Homing Overlay Experiment Test Vehicle
- Hs 117 Schmetterling Missile
- Hs 293 A-1 Missile
- Hs 298 Missile
- IDEX II work station
- IMP-A satellite
- International Ultraviolet Explorer control and display console
- John Glenn's training couch
- Jupiter S-3 Rocket Engine
- Katydid Drone
- LOFTI-I satellite
- Lark Missile
- Littrow Spectrograph
- Loki-Dart Sounding Rocket
- Loon Missile
- MIDAS Series III infrared sensor
- Manned Maneuvering Unit
- Mariner 10 replica
- Mars Pathfinder airbags and lander prototype
- Mars Sojourner rover model
- Mercury Capsule "Big Joe"
- Mercury Capsule 15B, Freedom 7 II
- Mighty Mouse Missile
- Mobile Quarantine Facility
- Navajo Rocket Engine
- New Horizons model
- Nike-Ajax Missile
- Nike-Cajun Sounding Rocket
- Pegasus-XL Launch Vehicle
- Pioneer 1 satellite
- Pioneer V satellite
- UGM-73 Poseidon C-3 missile
- Raytheon Standard Missile 3
- Redstone Missile
- Relay 1 Communications Satellite
- Saturn V Instrument Ring
- Sidewinder Missile
- Skeet (KDC-2)
- Snark Guidance System
- Space Shuttle Discovery
- Space Shuttle Main Engine
- Sparrow 2 Missile
- Spartan 201 Satellite
- Styx Missile
- Subroc Antisubmarine Missile
- Talos Missile
- Tiny Tim Missile
- Titan 1 Rocket Engine
- Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
- Univac 1232 Computer
- Vanguard 3 satellite
- Vanguard Lyman Alpha satellite
- Vanguard Magnetometer satellite
- Vega French balloon
- Vega Solar System Probe Bus and Landing Apparatus
- X-259 Antares II Rocket Motor
- XKD5G-1 Target Drone
- Zuni missile
Artifacts on loan[edit]
- Gemini spacecraft No. 2, the Gemini-B prototype and Gemini 2 mission capsule; on loan to the USAF
References[edit]
- ^ Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Overview, National Air and Space Museum website. Accessed 2010-10-29.
- ^ a b c National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space Museum website. Accessed 2010-10-29.
- ^ National Air and Space Museum Press Kit, Artifacts on Display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center