# Air and Space Museum completes renovation with spaceflight gallery opening

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/at-home-in-space-opens-caps-air-and-space-museum-renovation/
- Published: 2026-11-02T23:30:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T00:13:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/11/at-home-in-space-opens-caps-air-and-space-museum-renovation/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Space, Technology

## Key points

- The museum’s seven-year renovation is complete.
- Its final spaceflight gallery focuses on living in orbit.
- Displays include flown equipment and shuttle debris.

## Summary

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has completed a seven-year, nearly $1 billion renovation, with its final spaceflight gallery opening on 30 October. “At Home in Space” traces how decades of preparation and space shuttle missions enabled people to live in orbit, and how that experience informs plans for future lunar and Mars bases.

The gallery centres on the International Space Station and includes a space shuttle main engine, a Robonaut prototype, and a flown spacesuit designed for reuse aboard the shuttle and ISS. It also displays flight suits worn by Guy Bluford and Sally Ride, alongside recovered debris from the Challenger and Columbia disasters, presented to honour those who died.

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