Space

The Moon landing: humanity's finest achievement or the greatest non-event in our collective history? Enter a realm where science fiction meets science fact and dreamers pushed weapons of war into outer space.

Galleries

Trace the story of the space rocket. Learn about the satellites orbiting Earth. Find out how we are probing the rest of the Solar System and beyond. In this gallery you too will be exploring space.

Exploring Space

This unique, breathtaking gallery chronologically presents 150 of the most significant items from the Science Museum's collections from 1750 to 2000. Nowhere else in the world will you be able to see a display that shows so vividly the development of the modern industrial world.

Making the Modern World

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IMAX Films

Blast off to space to see the building of the International Space Station in breathtaking 3D.

Space Station 3D

Go where only 12 people have gone before as you join narrator Tom Hanks for a mind-blowing 3D walk on the lunar surface.

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

The mysterious red planet, Mars, has inspired countless science fiction dreams. Now, for the first time, experience the reality of the Mars surface as seen through the eyes of two intrepid explorers - Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Rovers - in the spectacular new giant screen adventure Roving Mars.