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Henry Crown Space Center
Aurora 7 the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.JPG
Aurora 7 capsule
Established 1986
Location 5700 South Lake Shore Drive
(at East 57th Street),
Chicago, Illinois, US, 60637
Type Space Museum
Collection size Spacecraft
  • Remote control Mars Rover
  • Apollo 8 spacecraft
  • Aurora 7 capsule

Henry Crown Space Center opened in 1986. The space center includes artifacts and interactive exhibits about space travel. Located in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, the Henry Crown Space Center includes the Apollo 8 spacecraft and Aurora 7 capsule.

Exhibits

History

The museum was established with a donation from philanthropist Henry Crown. Crown was a billionaire who built General Dynamics. General Dynamics also played a role in Aerospace.

The space center opened with a visit from James Lovell in 1986. The cost of the Space center was 12 million dollars. The museum of Science and Industry in Chicago also opened an OmniMax theater in 1986: it was built inside the space center.

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