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The NASA Ames Exploration Center (also called the NASA Ames Visitor Center) is a science museum/visitor center at the entrance of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. The center has the following exhibits:〔(NASA Ames Exploration Center )〕 * A Moon rock, a part of the lunar samples returned by the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. * The Mercury-Redstone 1A capsule, launched in 1960 in a suborbital flight, it achieved an altitude of 130.7 miles. * A high-resolution immersive theater with a 14-foot tall and 36-foot wide screen. The theater shows movies with footage from NASA's explorations of Mars and the planets, and about the contributions of the scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center. * A model of the SOFIA aircraft, designed for infrared astronomy observations in the stratosphere. * An exhibit dedicated to the Kepler Mission which is discovering planets around other stars. * A mock-up of a space station. The exploration center also has a gift shop where one can buy space and NASA-related memorabilia. The hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM, and 12 PM to 4 PM on weekends. It is closed Mondays and for Federal Holidays. ==Gallery== File:NASA Ames Visitor Center Moon Rock Exhibition.JPG|The Apollo 15 Moon rock exhibition File:NASA Ames Visitor Center Moon Rock Exhibition close-up.JPG|The Moon rock (close-up) File:Mercury Spacecraft at NASA Ames.JPG| The Mercury-Redstone 1A capsule File:NASA Ames Visitor Center Immersive Theater.JPG|Immersive theater File:NASA Ames Visitor Center SOFIA telescope illustration.JPG|SOFIA aircraft model File:NASA Ames Visitor Center space station mock-up outside view.JPG|Space station mock-up (outside view) File:NASA Ames Visitor Center space station mock-up inside view.JPG|Space station mock-up (inside view) File:Pleiades supercomputer node on display at NASA Ames visitor center in Mountain View, California.JPG|Pleiades supercomputer node display 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NASA Ames Exploration Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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