Cosmosphere

See the Apollo 13 command module, Liberty Bell 7 and an SR-71 Blackbird, then catch a planetarium or dome theater show.

1100 N Plum St · Hutchinson, KS

About Cosmosphere

The Cosmosphere is a space museum that began in 1962 as a planetarium on the Kansas State Fairgrounds. Its Hall of Space Museum displays US and Russian spaceflight artifacts, including the flown Apollo 13 command module Odyssey, the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule recovered from the Atlantic, a Gemini 10 capsule and a V-2 rocket. An SR-71 Blackbird is also on display. Beyond the galleries you can visit the Justice Planetarium, the Carey Digital Dome Theater, Dr. Goddard's Lab and CosmoKids.

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