Before Apollo 11 landed on the moon and changed the course of history, the U.S. and Soviet Union battled for control of space in a Cold War clash that rocked the globe. A remnant of this struggle, Mercury-Atlas capsule #6, on permeant display in our Hall of Astronomy, still captures the gravity...

Welcome to the new and improved Beyond Bones podcast, with your hosts Emma Schkloven and Johnny Hemberger. Each episode, we’ll take you behind the scenes to explore a different object from the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s permanent collection. From ancient civilizations to prehistoric...