Photos: SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Exhibit Opens at Griffin MSI in Chicago
Michael Galindo
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago reopened the Henry Crown Space Center after an extensive remodel and the addition of a SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft. Guests can now experience the history of spaceflight and the U.S. space program through interactive exhibits, historic artifacts, 3-D displays, and video footage of mission and program highlights.
This photo gallery features the new exhibit space at Griffin MSI dedicated to exploring space.
To celebrate the addition of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft, a new exhibit space was created and the existing Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin MSI was completely remodeled. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoChicago’s Museum of Science and Industry officially changed its name to the Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA new entryway for the remodeled Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoSpace Travel to the ISS and Beyond Exhibit Space in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoEntrance to the new SpaceX Cargo Dragon Spacecraft exhibit in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft takes center stage as the newest addition to the spacecraft collection in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA SpaceX Cargo Dragon Spacecraft on exhibit in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoExperience the launch of the SpaceX Dragon C113 spacecraft to space atop a Falcon 9 rocket in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoSpaceX Cargo Dragon C113 lights up in a fiery orange to simulate the reentry phase of the mission as part of the viewing experience in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoThe Apollo 8 Command Module rests in the newly renovated Henry Crown Space Center. Guests have a full view of the spacecraft while mission and program highlights flash across a panoramic screen. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoThe beginnings of the space program are celebrated in a newly renovated Henry Crown Space Center with the Aurora 7 spacecraft on display. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic Chicago The Apollo Lunar Module Trainer in the Henry Crown Space Center was used by every Apollo astronaut who walked on the Moon. The redesigned space and astronaut poses replicates the training environment it would’ve been in at Kennedy Space Center. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA view of the replica wall, based on photos provided by NASA, of the Apollo Lunar Module Trainer exhibit in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA view down into the multistory exhibit space holding the Apollo Lunar Module Trainer in the Henry Crown Space Center. Experiments and tools Apollo astronauts used to train for their missions are on display. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoModels of Apollo 16 astronauts Young and Duke as they would’ve looked while training for a moonwalk in front of the Apollo Lunar Module Trainer. The exhibit is part of the newly renovated Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA Gemini spacecraft model hangs above exhibits in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoRocket models spanning the history of the space program are on display in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. PhotRobotic missions to space explored in the Henry Crown Space Center at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA new Moon, Mars, and Beyond display traces the history of missions sent to explore space. A replica of the Voyager Golden Record Cover is on display. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoA new exhibit features astronaut and Chicagoan Dr. Mae Jemison, her path to space, and garments she wore in space that were part of a biofeedback experiment. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic ChicagoGuests of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry interact with the new exhibit spaces in the Henry Crown Space Center. Photo: Michael Galindo/Cosmic Chicago
