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The Exploreum is the 13,000-square-foot, fully interactive exhibition space on the Museum’s Hangar Deck. It is one of the single most visited areas of the ship. Exploreum’s interactive exhibits, designed for kids of all ages, are divided into four zones and focus on Intrepid’s history and our educational themes of water, space, air and life at sea.
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As an aircraft carrier that weighs up to 42,000 tons with a crew of 3,300, as many as 90 aircraft, and a cargo load to sustain its needs and the needs of its crew for months at a time, visitors in the water zone investigate how the massive Intrepid functioned as a floating city at sea. |
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The interactive exhibits in the air zone identify the evolution of aircraft design from the first human attempts at flight to the self-healing planes of today. |
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Serving as a primary recovery vessel for NASA in the 1960s, Intrepid was very active in rescuing astronaut Scott Carpenter (second American to orbit the Earth in his Mercury space capsule) and later astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young with their Gemini III space capsule which orbited the earth three times. This story is told through several of our interactive exhibits. |
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With a crew of 3,300 men, Intrepid was, in essence, a city at sea. Everything used in our communities today was aboard the Intrepid when it was in service. |
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