From the actual Apollo 9 Command Module, to a flight worthy replica of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, to experiencing life on the lunar surface at Moon Base San Diego, the San Diego Air & Space Museum is your home for aviation and space exploration adventures this Summer!
The four-person crew of Artemis III includes NASA Astronauts Commander Randy Bresnik, Mission Specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio, and Pilot Luca Parmitano, astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Just in time for the Fourth of July, the Museum recently received a Pitts S-2B aircraft painted in a striking red, white, and blue scheme. Now on display at the Museum’s Gillespie Field Annex, the aircraft brings together the energy of aerobatic aviation, the visual appeal of an airshow aircraft, and the patriotic colors often associated with Independence Day celebrations.
The San Diego Air & Space Museum invites you to experience the extraordinary at the all-new Ripley’s Believe It or Not!® exhibit! Packed with mind-boggling oddities, rare artifacts, and unbelievable stories, this special exhibition promises to amaze, entertain and spark curiosity for guests of all ages.
Direct from England, theatre legend Emma Rice brings to the Globe her inventive take on the Alfred Hitchcock classic North by Northwest in a production hailed as “an undoubted triumph” (WhatsOnStage). When ad man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a Cold War spy, he goes on the run dodging airplanes, bad guys and a femme fatale who may not be what she seems.
Apollo 9 was the third manned Apollo mission and the first space test of one of the most critical pieces of Apollo hardware: the Lunar Module (LM). It was up to the crew of Apollo 9 to test the ungainly-looking LM, the third component of the Apollo space vehicle system. The mission would require undocking and then re-docking the LM with the Command Module (CM), a procedure necessary for the eventual lunar landing missions.
This year marks the 250th birthday of the United States. Anniversaries like this often turn history into symbols that feel easier to hold onto than the reality itself. Familiar moments rise to the surface. Speeches revisit the same milestones. Historic photographs, famous achievements, and recognizable figures become shorthand for far more complicated periods of time.
At the San Diego Air & Space Museum, the gallery floor represents only a fraction of the collection. Behind the scenes, the Library & Archives preserve millions of items that document the history of flight. Many of these materials are one-of-a-kind and cannot be replaced.
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