Photo by Mark Avino/NASM

Fun little tidbit to close out the week. The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum today acquired an 8-foot-high lighted star from New York’s Coney Island’s now closed space-age theme park, Astroland. They sent over the above image of them receiving the actual star this afternoon, which shows Curator Margaret Weitekamp and Exhibit Designer Rebekah Brokway supervising their staff as they measure the Star. The Astroland Star will be on display at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in 2011. You can see the sign where the star used to be on Coney Island here.