Extreme Ice
Through dramatic images and time-lapse video, Extreme Ice captures the pace of the world’s glaciers melting — and the immediacy of climate change.
Henry Crown Space Center
Learn the latest in space exploration and what it has taught us about our universe.
Understand space exploration and see incredible space craft
This exhibit features the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft, a flight-proven vehicle that played a pivotal role in two missions, CRS-12 (2017) and CRS-17 (2019), delivering cargo and scientific experiments to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft's new exhibition highlights its journey and SpaceX's pioneering legacy.
What to expect
The Space Center features iconic artifacts, such as the Apollo 8 Command Module, the Mercury Aurora 7 Capsule and a prototype garment and biofeedback belt worn by Mae Jemison, the first American woman of color in space and a Chicago native. The Henry Crown Space Center opened in 1986 to showcase the scientific and technological breakthroughs of space exploration in recognition of the generosity of Henry Crown and the philanthropic legacy of the Crown family.
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