San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego, California, United States. The museum is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building, which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. SDASM was established by articles of incorporation on October 12, 1961, and opened to the public on February 15, 1963.
Museum entrance in 2009, with a Convair YF2Y-1 Seadart on the left and a Lockheed A-12 Oxcart on the right.
Entrance of the Ford Building with Firestone Singing Fountains, 1935.
The San Diego Air and Space Museum as seen from overhead in 2013.
The Apollo 9 Command Module Gumdrop flown in 1969 by James McDivitt, David Scott, and Rusty Schweickart in preparation of the first lunar landing missions
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California, United States. In addition to open space areas, natural vegetation zones, green belts, gardens, and walking paths, it contains museums, several theaters, and the San Diego Zoo. There are also many recreational facilities and several gift shops and restaurants within the boundaries of the park. Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use. Balboa Park is managed and maintained by the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of San Diego.
El Prado, by the Casa Del Prado and several museums.
San Diego Natural History Museum
The Botanical Building
San Diego Zoo