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The Museum of Flight is now accepting entries for its annual Spacesuit Design Contest, an all-ages exercise in fun fashion for fantasy spaceflights. This year’s theme is “Sustainability Suits,” and designers are challenged to build their suits in creative ways using recycled materials and items normally seen as waste.
The contest is open to anyone five and older, with participants divided into four categories based on age and the Top 5 designs in each category will be showcased in the Top 20 Fashion Show at the Museum on Saturday, June 28. There a panel of judges will decide the winning design for each age category, and the four winning designs will be showcased at the glamorous Fashion in Flight fashion show at the museum on November 8. Contest design proposals must be submitted by May 4, and the top 20 selections will be announced on May 16. The chosen designers will have until June 27 to build their spacesuit and wear it in the Top 20 Fashion Show on June 28. Details, dates and entry forms online here.
Founded in 1965, the independent, nonprofit Museum of Flight is one of the largest air and space museums in the world, annually serving over 600,000 visitors. The Museum’s collection includes more than 160 historically significant airplanes and spacecraft, from the first fighter plane (1914) to today’s 787 Dreamliner. Attractions at the 23-acre, 5-building Seattle campus include the original Boeing Company factory, the NASA Space Shuttle Trainer, Air Force One, Concorde, Lockheed Blackbird and Apollo Moon rockets. In addition to the Seattle campus adjacent to King County International Airport, the Museum also has its 3-acre Restoration Center and Reserve Collection at Paine Field in Everett (not currently open to the public).
With a foundation of aviation history, the Museum is also a hub of news and dialogue with leaders in the emerging field of private spaceflight ventures. The Museum’s aviation and space library and archives are the largest on the West Coast. More than 150,000 individuals are served annually by the Museum’s onsite and outreach educational programs. The Museum of Flight is accredited by the American Association of Museums, and is an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
