The Museum of Space History

For anyone who likes aero-space stuff this is a nice place to visit. You start from the top floor going down through the history of rockets and space travel. Nice displays, they have added flight simulators that you can try (I have been there several times before). If you are going to watch a movie at their planetarium, buy the tickets in the main building, otherwise you will have to do extra walking and going up the stairs to go back there.

This was a very well put together museum! I really enjoyed it. You start in the 5th floor and work your way down. There is also a planetarium across the parking lot.

One very cool space museum. They have exhibits inside and outside that you can walk through. Inside they have hands on simulation exhibits where you can land and drive spacecrafts. They also window walls which give you views of the sand dunes back dropped by the mountains and cityscapes. Very exquisite. The museum has something for everyone and guaranteed to stimulate your interest in space.

This is a hidden treasure for all folks interested in space. Five floors of very cool space exhibits, video games to fly the shuttle and land Apollo on the moon, plus a huge science fiction exhibit! This is a great place and it’s not crowded, even on weekends. Check it out!

Fun experience as well as being educational. Outdoors you'll find a playground with lots of missiles, rockets, engines, etc. I especially enjoyed the whispering dishes where you stand like 100 ft apart and whisper into a dish and your partner can hear it! Inside you'll find old space artifacts, space suits, rocket engines, etc. You can stand on a vibration plate with large speakers and it'll emulate what the astronauts feel during a takeoff. It's several stories tall and there was thought put into the design as they route you around the perimeter of the building while changing floors, so you can enjoy the breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains! A nice touch 👍
Great for all ages so give it an hour and enjoy!

Overall, it was so so. A bit too much to call itself the cradle of America’s Space Program…Exhibits were okay, some dating a bit. A lot of mock ups (sputnik, skylab, astronaut suits…) but quite impressed they had V2 engine parts (rotting outside though…). 36$ for two kids and two adults is quite affordable and I would have given four stars if it was not for the planetarium…

We bought the combo (museum and planetarium show). We are a family interested to better understand night sky and constellations. What a disappointment to watch this Night Sky Star Show narrated by a Museum Educator…So for 25 mins we were bombarded with information but it was so fast and using astronomy lingo that I got lost after 5 mins. We wanted to understand and be able to find the main constellations and not to be told about the backstory of their names going back to the ancient Greece…My two boys (12 and 11) just wanted to get out asap. Looks like the Narrator enjoyed himself though…what a waste of time…

They also present movies. One was on astronaut training, so makes sense but the other on the animals of Serengeti…really? This is bot a zoo…

What an amazing experience! The Museum of Space History was not only educational, but super fun and interesting. Starting with the gravesite of Ham, the first chimp in space, on the walk up, the museum continues to amaze with the breadth and depth of artifacts and exhibits. Everything from the moon replica hanging behind Walter Cronkite as he was reporting on the moon landing, to space simulation exhibits, to an exhibit on space in science fiction, the museum was a joy for all of us (four kids and an adult).