About the Kansas Cosmosphere

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, a Smithsonian affiliate, takes visitors on a journey from the Earth to the Moon…and beyond. Through a combination of films and artifacts, the Hall of Space Museum captures the trials and errors of the U.S./Soviet Space Race, while the Carey IMAX® Dome Theater, Justice Planetarium, Astronaut Experience interactive exhibit and live rocket demonstration shows add imagery to patrons’ educational experiences.

At the Cosmosphere, visitors come face-to-face with an actual SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane, T-38 training jet and scaled Space Shuttle replica. But that’s just the lobby. In the Hall of Space Museum, patrons see three flown U.S. spacecraft, including the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey and Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule; one flown Russian Vostok spacecraft; a rare set of Germany’s  “Vengeance” weapons – a “buzz bomb” and V-2 ballistic missile; a 109-foot Titan rocket; one of only two Apollo White Rooms; a Moon rock; flown space suits and more.

But the Cosmosphere offers more than just entertainment. At the Cargo Bay Gift Store, shoppers find astronaut costumes for kids and adults, astronaut-autographed photographs, retro-inspired space toys, t-shirts, souvenirs and more. Patrons can also eat lunch or just grab a snack at the Lunar Outpost food court.

Educating people from around the globe, the Cosmosphere features the Hall of Space Museum, the most significant collection of U.S. and Russian space artifacts in the world; the Justice Planetarium, a dome-shaped theater dedicated to astronomy; Dr. Goddard’s Lab, a live rocket demonstration; the  Carey IMAX® Dome Theater, the 12th IMAX® theater ever built in the world; the Astronaut Experience, an interactive exhibit; and summer space camps.