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OCSS Displays
Take a look at some of the many different materials that OCSS can bring out to the public. We can adapt our display to fit any need and venue, as well as any theme or education level.
 

 

(Left) The OCSS display walls and case now have a new home at the Tessman Planetarium at Santa Ana College. Both are located immediately inside the lobby, to the right as you enter. The case fits very nicely in an alcove, almost as though it were designed for such a space. The walls follow along the curve of the lobby's wall and end at the planetarium's donor monument. Both pieces help brighten up the lobby and provide several things for visitors to look at and explore as they are waiting for the planetarium show to begin. On the lobby's wall opposite our display walls is a literature table set up by the college, over which hangs a beautiful LCD screen showing fantastic planetary shows. (Right) A close-up of the contents of the display case, highlighted by a model of SpaceShipOne. One of the key components of the display case is signage (seen in yellow in the upper right) educating visitors on the different pieces inside and their representative role in the history of manned spaceflight.

(Left) Director Ron Howard (left) and actor Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell) check out the OCSS display at the IMAX premier of "Apollo 13." Howard commented about the display after the event: "That was really something. I didn't know those models existed. Tom and I were really admiring that. That's great stuff. Beautiful." (Right) The public gathers around the OCSS display case in the lobby of the theaters at Universal Studios, Hollywood, for the IMAX premier of "Apollo 13."
 

(Left) Part of our OCSS display used at the lecture and book signing event for Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham.
(Right) One example of our OCSS display walls, this time set up at the Discovery Science Center.
 

(Left) Another example of people enjoying our display walls, this time at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. (Right) OCSS Secretary Jeff Howe explains the workings of the Saturn V rocket to an eager guest at Discovery Science Center's "Mars Mania" event in January 2004.
 

     

(Left) Another child plays with the Mars Pathfinder rover that is a staple of our display. Also seen is a Saturn V model, several of the Code 3 displays, and a panoramic photo of Mars. (Right) NASA Educator Don Scott and OCSS President Larry Evans presented programs at Valley Christian School on March 13, 2003. The presentations were part of NASA Family Night at the school of teacher and member Pam Leestma. In this photo, students look through a microscope at lunar samples brought back by Apollo astronauts.
 

Here are two displays we did at the Rancho Santa Margarita Library. On the left is our Centennial of Flight display that ran from November 2003 through January 2004. On the right is a general space display that ran during March 2003.