NASA is inviting the public to its main office in the nation's capital.
The space agency recently completed redesigning the entrance hall at its Mary W. Jackson Headquarters Building in Washington, D.C. to include an eclectic collection of space artifacts, sweeping murals and interactive exhibits for the public to appreciate and enjoy.
MOL Member
Posts: 231 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Oct 2004
posted 06-04-2026 09:31 PM
Any idea what hours the lobby is open? Is it only Monday to Friday?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 56757 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-05-2026 10:17 AM
The lobby is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. The gift shop is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. those same days.
Rick Mulheirn Member
Posts: 4687 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
posted 06-09-2026 09:14 AM
Is the cafeteria still in what used to be a nuclear bunker in the basement replete with its blast door?
micropooz Member
Posts: 1898 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
posted 06-09-2026 01:03 PM
Rick, I worked at NASA HQ off and on from 1994 to 2025. I never saw a cafeteria in the basement nor an ex-nuclear bunker there. Could you possibly be thinking of the old NASA HQ building (pre-1992)?
Rick Mulheirn Member
Posts: 4687 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
posted 06-09-2026 01:10 PM
Quite possibly. I hadn't realised they had moved. I had a meeting with Chief PAO Bill Donnelly in 1981, and he treated me to a massive tuna fish sandwich. Good times.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 56757 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-04-2026 03:59 PM
A better look at the exhibits in the Apollo room during a June 30, 2026 visit from U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Luke Ahmann, Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region; Commander, 1st Air Force with NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson (at right).
On display are lunar samples collected during the Apollo 17 mission and U.S. Vice Presidential and Secretary of Defense flags flown to space on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
posted 06-02-2026 08:55 PM
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