1964 New York World's Fair

===United States Space Park===
[[File:255-CC-65-HC-223, front.jpg|thumb|upright|Space Park, as it appeared in December 1963 before its official opening]]

A {{convert|2|acre|ha|adj=on}} United States Space Park was sponsored by [[NASA]], the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] and the fair. Exhibits included a [[Thor-Delta]] rocket, an Atlas booster rocket with a [[Project Mercury|Mercury]] capsule, a [[Titan II GLV|Titan II]] booster with a [[Project Gemini|Gemini]] capsule, and a full-scale model of the aft skirt and five giant [[F-1 (rocket engine)|F-1]] engines of the [[S-IC|first stage]] of a [[Saturn V]] (as would be used in U.S. [[Apollo program]] moon launches). On display at ground level were ''[[Aurora 7]]'', the Mercury capsule flown by [[Scott Carpenter]] on the second American-crewed orbital flight; full-scale models of an [[X-15]] aircraft, an [[RM-81 Agena|Agena upper stage]]; a Gemini spacecraft; an Apollo [[Apollo Command/Service Module|Command/Service Module]], and a [[Lunar Module|Lunar Excursion Module]]. Replicas of uncrewed spacecraft included lunar probe [[Ranger 7]]; [[Mariner 2]] and [[Mariner 4]]; [[Syncom]], [[Telstar|Telstar 1]], and [[Project_Echo#Echo_2|Echo 2]] communications satellites; [[Explorer 1]] and [[Explorer 16]]; and [[Tiros]] and [[Nimbus program|Nimbus]] weather satellites.<ref>[http://www.westland.net/ny64fair/map-docs/technology.htm "Showcasing Technology at the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair"], Stanton, Jeffrey (2006)</ref>