Last Chance to See! Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Work in Progress Gallery at the California Science Center

16 Apr Last Chance to See! Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Work in Progress Gallery at the California Science Center

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On display until May 11, 2025

Now is the final chance to see the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Work in Progress Gallery at the California Science Center, before the gallery is closed on May 11, 2025.

Launched in June 2024, the Work in Progress Gallery offers a sneak peek at new exhibits and space artifacts planned for the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center addition to the California Science Center. After May 11, the artifacts will begin their relocation into the new building and will remain off display until the Air and Space Center opens to the public.

Among the highlights of the gallery are the Mercury-Redstone 2 Capsule* (1961), the Gemini 11 Capsule* (1966), and the Apollo Soyuz Command Module* (1975), alongside a full-scale engineering model of the Viking Lander**. This temporary location provides the rare opportunity to exhibit these capsules outside of their traditional display cases due to the optimal levels of light, temperature, and humidity inside the Work in Progress Gallery. Also on view is an Electron Rocket donated by Rocket Lab, a Dragon cargo spacecraft donated by SpaceX, and a Space Shuttle Main Engine, donated from Aerojet Rocketdyne, all on final view to the public before they are moved into their future home in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.

The Work in Progress Gallery also features exciting video and time-lapse media celebrating important milestones including space shuttle Endeavour’s historic arrival, the journey of External Tank ET-94, the transport of two solid rocket motors (SRMs), and the stacking process to assemble the world’s-only complete Space Shuttle System in launch position (Go for Stack); along with a detailed scale model and colorful large-scale renderings of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.