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The exhibit “Space: Exploring the Final Frontier in the Archives” featured sixteen cases with items that covered a wide array of topics:

  • rare astronomy books from the 18th and 19th centuries
  • astronomy at UM
  • handwritten accounts of 19th century astronomical observations by UM faculty and students
  • music with space themes
  • Primitive artist Howard Finster’s space visions
  • UFO sightings in Pascagoula in 1973
  • science fiction
  • U.S. space program

The exhibit opened in January 2020 and remained up through November 2021.

Friendship 7, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13

Friendship 7, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13

Apollo 11

Apollo 11

After the Moon

After the Moon

NASA in Mississippi

NASA in Mississippi

From the Congressional Collections of U.S. Senators Thad Cochran, Trent Lott, and Roger Wicker

From the Congressional Collections of U.S. Senators Thad Cochran, Trent Lott, and Roger Wicker

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