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Welcome to NASA Space Programs - Historic Artifacts Prescreening

NASA is offering Space Program 'Artifacts' and 'Special Items' for use or display in your science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) themed program. Learn more about each of these two programs below and click on the respective icon to see what is available and make a request.

NASA Screening

Previously Screened Periods

Screening Period 57: Start Date – 2/1/2021; Internal prescreening ends 2/22/2021; External prescreening ends 3/15/2021. Includes aeronautical and astronaut clothing; Hardware flown during Space Shuttle operations; and Ares, Shuttle, & Lunar models.

Screening Period 56: Start Date – 11/30/2020; Internal prescreening ends 12/21/2020; External prescreening ends 1/18/2021. Includes aeronautical and astronaut clothing; Apollo Command module, Mariner, Explorer, Tiros, and Saturn V models; and, Global Precipitation Measurement Mission mockup.

Screening Period 55: Start Date – 10/5/2020; Internal prescreening ends 10/26/2020; External prescreening ends 11/16/2020. Includes Hasselblad camera magazine assemblies and parts; many flown suit parts; Voyager, Nimbus, Skylab, models; Galileo vehicle components.

Screening Period 54: Start Date – 8/10/2020; Internal prescreening ends 8/31/2020; External prescreening ends 9/21/2020. Includes full Skylab pressure suit, launch vehicle models, crew watches, and many suit parts.

Screening Period 53: Start Date – 3/30/2020; Internal prescreening ends 4/20/2020; External prescreening ends 5/11/2020. Includes Crew Compartment Trainer (large item) with subassemblies, many items previously displayed at the KSC Visitor Center (such as suit items, models, photographs, literature, etc.) Galileo model, Test Aircraft models, space shuttle parts, and many suit parts.

Screening Period 52: Start Date – 2/3/2020; Internal prescreening ends 2/24/2020; External prescreening ends 3/16/2020. Includes 50 items previously displayed at the KSC Visitor Center (such as suit items, models, photographs, literature, etc.) Gyroscope components, full scale Mariner 9 model, numerous models (Cassini, Genesis, Ares I & V, Viking, Orion, Explorer, etc.), space shuttle parts, and suit part.

Screening Period 51: Start Date – 12/2/2019; Internal prescreening ends 12/23/2019; External prescreening ends 1/20/2020. Includes over 300 items previously displayed at the KSC Visitor Center (such as suit items, helmets, models, literature, etc.) large panorama photos from the Mars Exploration Rover and the Cassini spacecraft, and robotic components

Screening Period 50: Start Date – 10/7/2019; Internal prescreening ends 10/28/2019; External prescreening ends 11/18/2019. Includes a wind tunnel model, cutaway model of C-130, Space suits and suit parts, commemorative medals, historic Life magazines, imitation historical documents.

Screening Period 49: Start Date – 8/12/2019; Internal prescreening ends 9/2/2019; External prescreening ends 9/23/2019. Includes several spacecraft models, Skylab module mockup, Space suits and suit parts, astronaut leather nametags, crew escape pole, space capsule parachute test vehicle, and much more.

Screening Period 48: Start Date – 4/15/2019; Internal prescreening ends 5/6/2019; External prescreening ends 5/27/2019. Includes over 100 Shuttle Mission posters and crew photos, over 300 space suit parts, a collection of 278 model aircraft., wind tunnel model of the McDonnell Douglas 279-3, an Apollo spacecraft reaction control system engine/thruster, and much more.

Screening Period 47: Start Date – 2/19/2019; Internal prescreening ends 3/12/2019; External prescreening ends 4/2/2019. Includes several Mars Surveyor project models, suit parts (including flyer’s helmet); Cameras and camera parts; numerous original documents generated by Dr. Thornton (retired astronaut and renown kinesthesiologist).

Screening Period 46: Start Date – 12/3/2018; Internal prescreening ends 12/24/2018; External prescreening ends 1/21/2019. Includes suit parts; Cameras and camera parts; cosmonaut pictures; and various models.

Screening Period 45: Start Date – 10/8/2018; Internal prescreening ends 10/29/2018; External prescreening ends 11/19/2018. Includes the largest offering of suit parts and shuttle items offered since period 2 (over 1,450 items); Flight Control Consoles from Apollo and early Shuttle era; Models … X-36 wind tunnel, ISS, Saturn Rocket, Skylab, Orbiter 747, X-15; Cameras and camera parts; Kepler Tech. Demo Testbed.

Screening Period 44: Start Date – 8/20/2018; Internal prescreening ends 9/10/2018; External prescreening ends 10/1/2018. Includes Numerous satellite, spacecraft, and ISS models; Space Shuttle cockpit simulator; Dr. Verner Von Braun’s office desk; underwater cameras w/accessories; Apollo Helmet; and over 400 additional items.

Screening Period 43: Start Date – 4/30/2018; Internal prescreening ends 5/21/2018; External prescreening ends 6/11/2018. Includes NASA Project/Program Photos, Full size Astronaut Photos, Guidance Instrument (DRIRU) Inertial Reference Unit, camera equipment, lunar rock replica.

Screening Period 42: Start Date – 3/05/2018; Internal prescreening ends 3/26/2018; External prescreening ends 4/16/2018 Includes Shuttle crew clothing, Shuttle Stack-up Models, camera equipment, lunar rock replica, vacuum toilet.

Screening Period 41: Start Date – 1/08/2018; Internal prescreening ends 1/29/2018; External prescreening ends 2/19/2018 Includes Shuttle crew clothing, Shuttle Stack-up Models, Shuttle Fuel Cell, Shuttle photos.

Screening Period 40: Start Date – 11/06/2017; Internal prescreening ends 11/27/2017; External prescreening ends 12/18/2017 Includes Shuttle crew clothing, Shuttle and other Models (ARES, ISS), Shuttle Launch Pad Escape Baskets, Shuttle tools and support components, Camera equipment (underwater, etc.) Astronaut Uniform Name tags.

Screening Period 39: Start Date – 9/11/2017; Internal prescreening ends 10/02/2017; External prescreening ends 10/23/2017 Includes Shuttle crew clothing, 28’ inflatable models of Space Launch System, Wind Chamber Fan Blades, Astronaut Uniform Name tags, and various photos.

Screening Period 38: Start Date – 5/15/2017; Internal prescreening ends 6/5/2017; External prescreening ends 6/26/2017 Includes Shuttle crew clothing (some flown), Astrological Photos, Kuiper Observation Telescope.

Screening Period 37: Start Date – 3/27/2017; Internal prescreening ends 4/17/2017; External prescreening ends 5/8/2017 Includes Shuttle crew clothing (some flown), ISS models, Lunar rover model, astronaut watches.

Screening Period 36: Start Date – 1/23/2017; Internal prescreening ends 2/13/2017; External prescreening ends 3/6/2017 Includes Shuttle Crew clothing (some flown and one suit), Several flown flight instruments (Velocicalcmeter (Shuttle ventilation meter), Tape Recorder Assembly, Coastal Zone Color Scanner Instrument, etc.), Space Explorer Cards (great for teachers and museum outreach coordinators).

Screening Period 35: Start Date – 11/14/2016; Internal prescreening ends 12/5/2016; External prescreening ends 1/9/2017 (Includes Shuttle Crew Escape Pole System, Shuttle Fuel Cells (Hazmat), Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Tiles, Camera parts, Astronaut Suit Gloves, and Computers).

Screening Period 34: Start Date – 9/12/2016; Internal prescreening ends 10/3/2016; External prescreening ends 10/24/2016 (Includes X34, X33, and Venture Star models, Ranger Spacecraft Gamma Spectrometers, Shuttle SRB Nose Cap, Shuttle Crawler shoe and Kennedy Space Center countdown clock).

Screening Period 33: Start Date – 7/11/2016; Internal prescreening ends 8/1/2016; External prescreening ends 8/22/2016 (Includes various JPL project models, a ISS experiment tools, occultation instruments, suit parts).

Screening Period 32: Start Date – 5/9/2016; Internal prescreening ends 5/30/2016; External prescreening ends 6/20/2016 (Includes various JPL project models, a Gemini Capsule mockup, suit parts).

Screening Period 31: Start Date - 3/14/2016; Internal prescreening ends 4/4/2016; External prescreening ends 4/25/2016 (Includes a Rover Model, various JPL project models, full size cutouts of astronauts, large posters of the KSC & JSC Control Rooms, and an Orbiter entry white room).

Screening Period 30: Start Date - 1/11/2016; Internal prescreening ends 2/01/2016; External prescreening ends 2/22/2016 (Includes a Shuttle Wide Field Camera, a Salvaged Apollo Engine Exhaust Nozzle, Aircraft Models, a Orion/Ares model exhibit, various astronaut apparel, photographic and video equipment, and items from the TRIANA project).

Screening Period 29: Start Date - 10/19/2015; Internal prescreening ends 11/09/2015; External prescreening ends 12/07/2015 (Includes Aircraft Models, Astronaut apparel, Lounge Chairs used for Astronaut suit-up).

Screening Period 28: Start Date - 08/24/2015; Internal prescreening ends 09/14/2015; External prescreening ends 10/05/2015 (Includes Wind Tunnel Test Models, Aircraft Models, Exhibit Items, flown Skylab Experiment articles, publications and memorabilia).

Screening Period 27: Start Date - 05/04/2015; Internal prescreening ends 05/25/2015; External prescreening ends 06/15/2015 (Includes Wind Tunnel Test Models, Aircraft Models, flown Skylab Experiment articles, publications and memorabilia).

Screening Period 26: Start Date - 03/09/2015; Internal prescreening ends 03/30/2015; External prescreening ends 04/27/2015 (Includes Models from Cassini, Galileo, Atlas Rockets, X-34 & 43B crafts, ISS, TOPEX, Surveyor; Space suit components; Orbiter Fuel Cells; and special purpose cameras).

Screening Period 25: Start Date - 01/12/2015; Internal prescreening ends 02/02/2015; External prescreening ends 02/23/2015 (Includes Models from Hubble, Galileo, Magellan, ISS ALS and various satellites; Marie Curie Mars Rover; NASA Program posters and pictures; video equipment; and, suit patches).

Screening Period 24: Start Date - 11/10/2014; Internal prescreening ends 12/01/2014; External prescreening ends 12/22/2014 (Includes many rocket and spacecraft models, posters, simulators, literature and items from NASA aerospace and aeronautic research!)

Screening Period 23: Start Date - 9/8/2014; Internal prescreening ends 9/29/2014; External prescreening ends 10/20/2014 (Includes Full scale models of the Mars Curiosity Rover and the Orion capsule, Shuttle Thermal Tile Array, Mission posters from Shuttle, framed NASA themed posters, Space Suit parts!)

Screening Period 22: Start Date - 4/14/2014; Internal prescreening ends 5/5/2014; External prescreening ends 5/26/2014 (Includes Flown Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), Flown Protein Experimental Apparatus, Mission posters from Shuttle, framed NASA themed posters, full scale mockup of a segment of the International Space Station (ISS))

Screening Period 21: Start Date - 2/3/2014; Internal prescreening ends 2/24/2014; External prescreening ends 3/17/2014 (Includes Quarter Scale Models of Orbiter and ET/SRB Stack-up, Mission posters from Shuttle, framed NASA themed posters, full scale mockup of a segment of the International Space Station (ISS))

Screening Period 20: Start Date - 11/12/2013; Internal prescreening ends 12/03/2013; External prescreening ends 12/24/2013 (Includes Mission posters from Shuttle, framed NASA themed posters, full scale mockup of the HL-20 (the prototype of Sierra Nevada space vehicle Dream Chaser)

Screening Period 19: Start Date - 9/9/2013; Internal prescreening ends 9/30/2013; External prescreening ends 10/21/2013 (Includes Mission posters from Shuttle and some Apollo posters, GOX Vent hood, Shuttle Tires, MMU equipment, Wind Tunnel fan blades)

Screening Period 18: Start Date - 5/20/2013; Internal prescreening ends 6/10/2013; External prescreening ends 7/1/2013 (Includes Mission posters from Shuttle and some Apollo posters, EVA Suit Gloves, Shuttle Tires, Payload Bay Loading equipment, Wind Tunnel Model)

Prescreening Period 17: Start Date - 3/25/2013; Internal prescreening ends 4/15/2013; External prescreening ends 5/6/2013 (Includes Mission posters from Shuttle and some Apollo posters, original periodicals from Marshal Space Flight Center from the early days of Saturn and Apollo, consoles from Houston Mission Control and a very large piece of Aviation Test Equipment from Langley Research Center)

Prescreening Period 16: Start Date - 1/22/2013; Internal prescreening ends - 2/12/2013; External prescreening ends 3/5/2013 (Includes items from Shuttle, Apollo and the International Space Station along with Astronaut suit parts)

Prescreening Period 15: Start Date - 10/29/2012; Internal prescreening ends - 11/19/2012; External prescreening ends 12/10/2012 (Includes items from Shuttle, Hubble, and other programs, Apollo era space suit parts including a suit worn by Neil Armstrong, Space craft models)

Prescreening Period 14: Start Date - 9/4/2012; Internal prescreening ends - 9/25/2012; External prescreening ends - 10/16/2012 (Includes items from Shuttle, Hubble, and other programs along with X-34 engine nozzles, early Space Shuttle prototype models, X3 solar mirrors, and various Space Shuttle components)

Prescreening Period 13: Start Date - 6/18/2012; Internal prescreening ends - 7/9/2012; External prescreening ends - 7/30/2012 (Includes items from Shuttle, Hubble, and other programs along with wind Tunnel Fan Blades, Hitchhiker and GAS canisters and Firing Room consoles)

Prescreening Period 12: Start Date - 4/16/2012; Internal prescreening ends - 5/7/2012; External prescreening ends - 5/28/2012 (Includes items from Shuttle, Hubble, Skylab and other programs along with Firing Room consoles)

Prescreening Period 11: Start Date - 2/13/2012; Internal prescreening ends - 3/5/2012; External prescreening ends - 3/26/2012 (Includes Shuttle program clothing and audio video equipment, and Hubble hardware)

Prescreening Period 10: Start Date - 12/12/2011; Internal prescreening ends - 1/2/2012; External prescreening ends - 1/23/2012 (Includes many small, flown Hubble support and servicing equipment; Shuttle Middeck lockers; and, miscellaneous astronaut clothing and patches.)

Prescreening Period 9: Start Date - 10/10/2011; Internal prescreening ends - 10/31/2011; External prescreening ends - 11/21/2011 (Includes spareSolid Rocket Booster and Orbiter hull components, Equipment from the Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer and TRIANA Missions, and other Shuttleand Hubble items)

Prescreening Period 8: Start Date - 08/15/2011; Internal prescreening ends - 09/05/2011; External prescreening ends - 09/26/2011 (Includes Shuttle, Hubble, Apollo, and other items, Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station, and hard, upper torso, thermal meteorological garments)

Prescreening Period 7: Start Date - 06/15/2011; Internal prescreening ends - 07/06/2011; External prescreening ends - 07/27/2011 (Includes Shuttle, Hubble, Apollo, and International Space Station artifacts)

Prescreening Period 6: Start Date - 04/11/2011; Internal prescreening ends - 05/02/2011; External prescreening ends - 05/23/2011

Prescreening Period 5: Start Date - 11/15/2010; Internal prescreening ends - 12/15/2010; External prescreening ends - 02/13/2011

Prescreening Period 4: Start Date - 08/02/2010; Internal prescreening ends - 09/01/2010; External prescreening ends - 10/31/2010

Prescreening Period 3: Start Date - 03/29/2010; Internal prescreening ends - 05/21/2010; External prescreening ends - 07/20/2010

Prescreening Period 2: Start Date - 01/19/2010; Internal prescreening ends - 02/19/2010; External prescreening ends - 04/20/2010

Prescreening Period 1: Start Date - 09/01/2009; Internal prescreening ends - 09/30/2009; External prescreening ends - 11/30/2009

Note 1: Internal prescreening agencies are: NASA (for technical reuse), NASA Visitor Centers, NASA Exhibit Managers, NASM. [View and select for first 21 days].

Note 2: External prescreening agencies are: NASA (for technical reuse), other Federal agencies, museums and educational institutions sponsored by State Agencies for Surplus Property (SASP), and educational institutions eligible for direct transfers under Stevenson-Wydler authority. All external prescreening agencies can view throughout the 42-day prescreening period, but may select only from days 22 through 42.

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