In Beyond Earth, not only do you choose which faction (read: civilization) to play, but also which spacecraft to take, what cargo to carry, who to bring, and the type of planet you want to inhabit.

Ultraviolet images of aurora on Mars on Sept. 12-13, 2017. (NASA/JPL/Univ. of Colorado) "Unlike auroras on Earth, the Martian aurora is not concentrated at the planet's polar regions.

The first, “Cosmic Evolution, Astrobiology, and the Societal Impact of Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligence”, begins on November 7. “Life Beyond Earth?” will be on display beginning Oct. 25.

"Home Beyond Earth" includes garments from all of the different types of space stations, including NASA astronaut Ed Gibson's flight suit that he wore as a Skylab 3 (SL-4) crew member.