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The Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums

Every spring, the National Air and Space Museum hosts a conference for other air and space museums to discuss our “mutual concerns.” The conference gathers representatives of over one hundred such...

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Another Journey for John Glenn’s Ansco Camera

Nearly 50 years ago, John Glenn purchased a camera at a drug store that served as the first astronomical experiment performed by a human in space. That three-orbit voyage for Glenn included two...

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Leaving the Moon, Watching at Home

The Apollo 17 ascent stage lifts off from the Moon, marking the last time humans left the Moon on December 14, 1972. After pressing some buttons to start up the ascent engine of their lunar module...

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The Unique Flight of Apollo 8

The second Apollo mission to carry astronauts into space provided NASA and the world with an unprecedented view of life on Earth. From the start, with its planned mission to fly three astronauts...

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Double Word Score: CURATOR says YES

It was not on Valentine’s Day, but love was in the air at the Udvar-Hazy Center on Veteran’s Day in 2005. Two and a half years into dating, my then-boyfriend Ben came up with a very creative and...

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Five Things I Learned While Curating Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of...

Outside the Spacecraft, located in gallery 211, will be on view through June 2015. See upcoming related events. At the height of the summer of 2013, when I was getting ready to go on maternity leave...

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And Then the Curator Asks, “What’s a Tumblr?”

One subtheme of the Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extravehicular Activity exhibition is the connection between the photography of spacewalking and art. We even hosted a special event in February...

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