July 26, 2013 – January 1, 2014
On view are 50 artworks in a range of styles and media acquired by the museum from 2003 to 2013, organized in the following sections:
* Visions of Flight features conceptual works by photographic collage artist Fran Forman and Dutch photographer and cloud-maker Berndnaut Smilde.
* Faces of Flight features portraits of astronauts Eileen Collins and John Glenn by photographer Annie Leibovitz and American watercolorist Henry Casselli.
* Looking Back features landscapes of Mars and the Moon by space artist Chesley Bonestell and photographs of Apollo equipment by photographer Albert Watson.
Suited for Space
July 26, 2013 – December 1, 2013
See original photographs of suits worn by astronauts from Project Mercury through the Skylab program, suits used in testing and training, and new X-ray images of the interiors of the spacesuits. Also on view are 10 objects from the National Air and Space Museum's collection, including a glove, a boot, and helmets. The exhibition celebrates the remarkable creativity and determination of the extraordinary few who ventured into space, and reveals the brilliant ingenuity of the hundreds more who worked tirelessly—and often anonymously—to get them there.
Searching for Goldilocks
July 26, 2013 – December 1, 2013
Angela Palmer's sculpture represents the area of space surveyed by the Kepler Space Observatory. Each of the 18 sheets of glass represents a slice of space 250 light-years thick, with etched circles representing stars that have at least one planet potentially suitable for life. The work captures the spirit and excitement of Kepler's quest for planets that might fit the criteria for life: not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
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