Editing Cosmosphere (section)

==Facilities==
The Cosmosphere grew from a [[planetarium]] established on the [[Kansas State Fair]]grounds in 1962. The {{convert|105000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility houses the largest collection of Russian space artifacts outside of [[Moscow]], and a collection of US space artifacts second only to the [[National Air and Space Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>cosmo.org</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald-online.com/200910285556/news/community-news/enjoying-a-weekend-of-space-exploration-on-the-plains.html |title=Louisburg Herald |publisher=Herald-online.com |date=2012-02-15 |accessdate=2012-02-21}}</ref>

The Cosmosphere has five venues: the Hall of Space Museum, the Justice Planetarium, the Carey Digital Dome Theater, [[Robert H. Goddard|Dr. Goddard's]] Lab (an explosive live science presentation on the history of rocketry) and CosmoKids, an interactive STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) area. The Cosmosphere also hosts summer camps for all ages, and co-curricular applied STEAM education programs for field trips, groups, and scouts that meet Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core, focused on college and career readiness.

The Cosmosphere is the only [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] affiliate museum in Kansas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rothschild |first=Scott |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jan/30/8_wonders_kansas_revealed/ |title=8 Wonders of Kansas revealed / LJWorld.com |publisher=.ljworld.com |date=2008-01-30 |accessdate=2012-02-21}}</ref>

In 2012, the Carey Digital Dome Theater upgraded from [[IMAX]] to 4K digital projection system.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.inparkmagazine.com/former-cosmosphere-imax-becomes-single-projector-digital-dome-theater/ |title=Former Cosmosphere IMAX Becomes Single Projector Digital Dome Theater|author=Joe Kleiman|publisher=In Park Magazine|date=October 9, 2012|access-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref>

In 2015, the Justice Planetarium underwent a complete renovation, transitioning from an optical starball projection system to the Spitz Sci-Dome XD digital projection system.<ref>[http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Cosmospheres-planetarium-to-undergo-complete-renovation-290326491.html Cosmosphere's planetarium to undergo complete renovation; KAKE tv; January 30, 2015.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019183446/http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Cosmospheres-planetarium-to-undergo-complete-renovation-290326491.html |date=October 19, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2021, three of the museum's oldest galleries began renovations: the German Gallery, the Redstone and Sputnik Gallery, and the Kennedy Theater. These galleries opened during the late 1990s. They will be repainted, and their exhibits will receive new graphics and new sound.<ref>[https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/2021/08/24/kansas-space-museum-cosmosphere-renovates-three-galleries-hutchinson/8227027002/ Kansas' premier space museum, the Cosmosphere, gets a major facelift; The Hutchinson News; August 24, 2021]</ref>

===Restoration and replication===
The Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks division has restored flown U.S. spacecraft for museums and exhibits across the globe, including artifacts that are part of the collection of the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Air and Space Museum]].<ref>[http://www.cosmo.org/restore.htm Cosmosphere Restoration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218093113/http://www.cosmo.org/restore.htm |date=2015-12-18 }}</ref> Two examples of this work are the [[Apollo 13]] Command Module ''Odyssey'', and the ''[[Liberty Bell 7]]'' – both on display at the Cosmosphere. The Cosmosphere built roughly 80% of the artifacts and props for the movie ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' and of the replicated spacecraft hardware seen in ''[[Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D]]''; and the TV mini-series ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familyrvingmag.com/2002/08/01/the-kansas-cosmosphere-and-space-center/|title=The Kansas Cosmosphere And Space Center|date=August 1, 2002|author=Bill Montfort |publisher=FamilyRVing |access-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref>