New York Hall of Science

This guide to the New York Hall of Science follows the two Cold War-era rockets standing outside, built by the Air Force in 1961 and borrowed by NASA for the 1964 World's Fair held on these same grounds, where astronauts like Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper once walked through. It traces what happened to them after the fair closed, including a restoration trip to Ohio and a rededication attended by Walter Cronkite. Listen for how the pavilion behind you, designed by Wallace K. Harrison, became a museum in its own right.