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The Air and Space area focuses on the physical forces and properties involved in flight and space exploration. Here, guests can experiment with scientific principles such as propulsion, drag, lift and gravity. Space exhibits provide information on space exploration and let visitors simulate the type of activities an astronaut performs while in space. This area celebrates the ingenuity, imagination and innovation of Southern California's scientists, aerospace engineers and astronauts and the contributions they have made to the advancement of flight and space exploration.
 | Fly an Airplane - Use a throttle to maneuver the plane up, side-to-side and down to a graceful landing. |  | Wind Tunnel - Learn about aerodynamics and feel the air's lift at the Wind Tunnel exhibit. |  | Flight Simulator - How do we get something as heavy as an airplane or a rocket into the air? Once we get a plane into the air, how do we control it? Learn the principles of flight and then test yourself in the flight simulator. |  | Lilienthal Glider - After more than 30 years of experimentation and studying how things fly, Otto Lilienthal developed a batwing glider. From 1891 to 1896, Lilienthal conducted over 2000 flights and devised much of the basic theory that allowed the Wright brothers to fly years later. Charles Faust of San Diego, California, originally built this reproduction of Lilienthal’s glider. |  | Propeller - See a real propeller up close. |
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