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Remembering Capt. James A. Lovell Jr.

Few astronauts were as famous as Jim Lovell—Tom Hanks played him in the 1995 movie Apollo 13. Lovell commanded that ill-fated space mission, which did not land on the Moon in 1970 because an ...
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Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Map

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.
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National Air and Space Museum Opens Five New Galleries July 28

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.
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Mapping the Moon with the Lunar Orbiter

If you are traveling somewhere new, you are more than likely going to need some form of map to get there. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave the United States a mandate: Before the decade was out ...
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Could We Live on Other Planets in the Future?

We’ve seen it over and over in popular media: some version of an advanced society that travels from planet to planet in spaceships much like we travel the skies in aircraft. They might live on other ...
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Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.
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Lt Jack Jacobs USNR

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. I ...
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SR-71 Pressure Suit

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.
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The P-3 Orion Was Made for Hunting Submarines

How Lockheed's P-3 kept the Cold War from turning hot. Submarines are hard to kill. For military strategists, no warship generates as much uncertainty and trepidation as an adversary that can prowl ...
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Vinci’s Codex on the Flight of Birds

Leonardo da Vinci created masterpieces of art and sculpture. Equally remarkable, his aggregate achievements in engineering, mathematics, anatomy, geology, physics, music, military technology, ...
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Early Spies in the Skies

Espionage, or the practice of spying, has been used by militaries to gather intelligence for centuries. During World War I, a new form of espionage took flight—literally. Photography from aircraft was ...
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Teacher Innovator Institute

Middle School (grades 5-8) STEAM teachers who have an interest in expanding their practice to include informal education techniques. Ideal candidates are classroom teachers who plan on teaching for ...