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RESTORATION & PRESERVATION • FABRICATION & REPLICATION • EXHIBIT DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & FABRICATION

RESTORATION & PRESERVATION • FABRICATION & REPLICATION • EXHIBIT DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & FABRICATION

Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center


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The Cosmosphere “has a world-wide reputation for

being the restoration center for the world.”

-General John Daileydirector, The Smithsonian Institution’s

National Air and Space Museum

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TheKansasCosmosphereandSpaceCenter,aSmithsonian Institution Affiliate, features one of the most significant collections of U.S. and Russian space artifacts in the world, including the actual Apollo 13 command module Odyssey,Gemini 10, the SR-71 Blackbird #961, rare V-1 and V-2 rockets, and a flown Vostok spacecraft.

Founded in 1962 as the Hutchinson Planetarium, the Cosmosphere welcomes approximately 225,000 visitors a year from every state and dozens of foreign countries as well as approximately 30,000 students as part of school field trips.

Now consisting of 105,000 square feet dedicated to space science exhibits and educational programs, including a planetarium, an IMAX® Dome Theater, and the internationally recognized Hall of Space Museum, the Cosmosphere was the fifth recipient of the U.S. Space Foundation’s Education Achievement Award for its variety of camp programs for participants of all ages.

Named an official project of Save America’s Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the White House, the Cosmosphere is known worldwide for its space artifact restoration program including the complete restoration of Apollo 13 and Liberty Bell 7.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

•Restoration & Preservation Page 6

Selected restoration Client List Page 7

• Liberty Bell 7 Page 8

• Apollo 13 Page 8

• Gemini Page 9

• V-2 Rocket Page 9

•Replication & Fabrication Page 10


• Lunar Module Page 12

• Space Shuttle Page 12

• SPACE WORKS Page 13

•Exhibit Design, Development & Fabrication Page 14


• Exhibit Concepts Page 16 & 17

RestorationPRESERVATION

Apollo 13 command module, Odyssey


Frequently contracted by museums around the

world to restore a variety of artifacts, the Cosmosphere

operates the world’s leading space artifact restoration and

replication facility and is the only location designated

by the Smithsonian Institution to restore flown U.S.

spacecraft.

One of the Cosmosphere’s recent restoration projects

was the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft. More than 20

major projects as well as a variety of smaller projects have

been conducted by the Cosmosphere’s restoration team.

Originally developed to provide restoration and exhibit

support to the Cosmosphere, this team’s unique expertise

is now in demand by groups around the world.

• Oklahoma Historical Society Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Cradle of Aviation Museum Long Island, New York

• Delaware North/ • Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida

• Oklahoma Air & Space Museum Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Ft. Bliss U.S. Army Base Ft. Bliss, Texas

• Glavkosmos Moscow, Russia

• Evergreen Aviation Museum McMinnville, Oregon

• National Air and Space Museum Washington, D.C.

• NASA/Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas

• NASA/NSTL Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi

• White Sands Missile Range White Sands, New Mexico

• National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

• Adler Planetarium Chicago, Illinois

• Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington

(A full list of clients is available upon request.)

Restoration & PreservationKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center

A Cosmosphere technician works on the restoration of the Apollo 13 command module, Odyssey

RESTORATION CLIENTS


LIBERTY BELL 7 - Mercury 4 Capsule

Apollo 13 command module

Apollo 13 command module on permanent display at the Cosmosphere.

Liberty Bell 7- Before (L) and after restoration (R.)


Recovered from the Atlantic in 1999 after 38 years on the ocean floor, Liberty Bell 7 posed unique challenges for the Cosmosphere’s restoration team. The Cosmosphere also restored the actual Apollo 13 command module Odyssey, which is on permanent display at the Cosmosphere.

Other RestorationProjects

• Titan Rocket KCSC

Hutchinson, KS

• SR-71 Blackbird KCSC

Hutchinson, KS

• Redstone Rocket KCSC Hutchinson, KS

• T-38 Talon Trainer KCSC Hutchinson, KS

Gemini Capsules VI, X & XII

Gemini VI and X, restored at the Cosmosphere

V-2 RocketWWII era German V-2 restoration


From machining to painting to mold-making, Cosmosphere craftsmen are able to reproduce space-related replications on-site with materials and hardware that closely resemble the originals used in production – all while maintaining the highest level of historic authenticity.

The same individuals who have restored U.S. space artifacts that now reside in the Cosmosphere’s Hall of Space Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the Museum of Flight (Seattle), White Sands Missile Range, and Glavkosmos (Moscow) are the same craftsmen who have fabricated replications for the Evergreen Aviation Museum, Tour of the Universe/Toronto, and Disneyland/Paris as well as for Ron Howard’s Apollo 13, HBO’s From the Earth to the Moon, and Tom Hank’s Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon.

Relying on experience gained since the mid-1980’s and access to original blue prints and line diagrams, Cosmosphere restoration craftsmen are able to create replications that achieve the very high level of fidelity organizations require for their exhibits.

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Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) replicated for the Evergreen Aviation Museum


Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) replicated for the Evergreen Aviation Museum


Replication & Fabrication


Replica lunar module interior created for Tom Hanks’ IMAX® production of Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon


CORPORATE CLIENTS• Home Box Office (HBO) Productions Los Angeles, California

• Warner Brothers Productions Burbank, California

• Universal Studios Hollywood, California

• Dream Works Red wood City, California

• IMAX Corporation Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Mary Tyler Moore (MTM) Productions California

• New York New York Productions, Inc. New York, New York

EXHIBITION CLIENTS• High Flight Foundation Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Aerospace Education Center Little Rock, Arkansas

• International Space Hall of Fame Alamogordo, New Mexico

• Teleport USA Los Angeles, California

• Tour of the Universe Toronto, Canada

• Disneyland/Paris, Paris, France

• Omega Watch Company Biel Bienne, Switzerland

• Olympic Cultural Center Seoul, Korea

• Young Astronaut Council of Japan Tokyo, Japan

• Societe d’equipement de Toulouse Midi-Pyrenees Toulouse, France

Lunar Module

Replicated lunar module at the Evergreen Aviation Museum


Space Shuttle Landing Simulator

Land the Space Shuttle simulator created by the Cosmosphere

Space Works


Space Works restoration team working on various retoration and replication projects

Space Works was created 20 years ago as an entity of the Cosmosphere family and is under the direction of the Senior Vice President.

The Space Works team consists of artists, technicians, machinists,engineerandcarpenters.

This team has worked on some of the most iconic space artifacts in the history of space exploration.

Over the past 20 years the Cosmosphere has created some of the most innovative exhibits in the museum industry for its Hall of Space Museum. Additionally, the Cosmosphere is contracted by museums to design, develop and fabricate stand alone, permanent exhibits. Utilizing its professional development team, the Cosmosphere will strategize the concept with the museum, develop a plan based on idea generation and conceptual renderings and begin fabrication of specific pieces to be housed in the museum element.

One of the Cosmosphere’s current exhibit projects is the design, development and fabrication of space-related exhibit for the Evergreen Aviation Museum. The Cosmosphere not only works to enhance other museums and their exhibit space, but continually develops its own. The Cosmosphere is currently working on a comprehensive Lunar Base concept which spans from the first lunar landing to the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

Exhibit Design, Development & Fabrication


The above image is a rendering for the Cosmosphere Lunar Base exhibit, incorporated with a photo from the museum

Exhibit Design, Development & FabricationKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center


- Early Spaceflight Gallery, KCSC Hutchinson, Kansas

- Apollo Gallery, KCSC Hutchinson, Kansas

- Thomas P. Stafford Air and Space Museum Weatherford, Oklahoma

- Science City, Union Station, Kansas City, Missourri

• Evergreen Aviation Museum McMinnville, Oregon

EXHIBIT CLIENTS


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EXHIBITCONCEPTS

Theseimagesshowcaseconcept renderings for various exhibit design projects currently underway.

TheCosmosphereteamrendersdrawingsto show clients the use of museum space, artifacts and interactive displays.

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INQUIRIES

JIM REMAR

Senior Vice President

Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center1100 N. Plum

Hutchinson, KS 67501

ph: 620-662-2305 ext. 320

fax: 620-662-3693

Email: [email protected]

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