Looking Back on Space & Science Festival 2017

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Aug 07, 2017 - 11:19am

This year’s Space & Science Festival was our biggest yet! The festival featured talks, films, special guests from NASA and cutting-edge displays. Visitors heard from innovators forging new paths on this planet and off it, met astronauts, and got a look at NASA technology, including a Mars rover concept vehicle.

Scroll below to see our roundup of visitors’ posts and highlights throughout the festival.

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A diverse group of people seated beneath the Space Shuttle pavilion, gathered for a discussion.

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Two children play inside a mock space capsule located in the Museum's Exploreum

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A man and woman read an exhibit panel on Intrepid's flight deck while their child points at the propeller of an aircraft.

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