National Air and Space Museum
6th St. & Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC
This gallery explores the universe, its makeup, and its possible habitation.
Highlights include:
- Powers of Ten, a Charles Eames film on current theories regarding the origin and development of the universe and life itself
- Pick-a-Star allows visitors to manipulate various factors to create hypothetical planetary systems and extraterrestrial lifeforms
- U.S.S. Enterprise, the studio model from the Star Trek television series
- Equipment used to create organic molecules in a simulated primitive Earth environment
