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Our knowledge of Mars is increasing almost as fast as
public interest in the Red Planet is growing. Museums,
observatories, planetariums, websites, and our schools
make discovering Mars an exciting and ever-changing
experience. Whether through a telescope or in a museum,
the possibilities are all around us for taking an up-close
look at Mars and its missions, images, spacecraft, robots,
technology, and scientists.

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
The Space Race Gallery at the National Air and
Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, D.C.,
exhibits rockets used both by the military and for
exploring space. Rockets designed to carry bombs
also have been used to send spacecraft and
astronauts into space. The history of space THE PALOMAR OBSERVATORY
exploration is on display at NASM, part of the The Palomar Observatory in San
Smithsonian Institution. NASM has the world’s Diego County, California, is open
largest collection of historic spacecraft. daily to the public during daytime
hours. Visitors can take self-guided
tours to the 200-inch Hale Telescope
in the revolving dome. At night,
Places to Visit themselves to conduct research using
scientists have the observatory to
telescopes of various sizes and the
Palomar All-Sky Camera. Palomar is
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND owned and operated by the
SPACE MUSEUM (2 locations) California Institute of Technology.
National Mall
6th & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20560
14390 Air and Space Museum
Pkwy Chantilly, VA 20151
PALOMAR OBSERVATORY
35899 Canfield Road
Palomar Mountain, CA 92060-0200
HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
New York, NY 10024-5192 Viewers lift off into interplanetary
space when they visit the Space
CHABOT SPACE AND SCIENCE CENTER Theater in New York City’s Hayden
10000 Skyline Boulevard Planetarium. The Space Theater is in
Oakland, CA 94619 the huge Hayden Sphere, pictured
here. The theater has the largest and
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY most powerful virtual-reality simulator
4800 Oak Grove Drive in the world. The Planetarium is part
Pasadena, California 91109 of the American Museum of Natural
History’s Rose Center for Earth and
Space, which offers programs and
exhibits on Mars missions.