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| 1971 |
Michael
Collins, former Apollo 11 astronaut, is named director
of the National Air and Space Museum. |
| 1972 |
Congress
appropriates $40 million in construction funds for the
new building, which is designed by Gyo Obata of Hellmuth,
Obata & Kassabaum. The groundbreaking ceremony
for the National Air and Space Museum takes place on
November 20.
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| 1975 |
As
a Bicentennial gift to the people of the United States,
the Federal Republic of Germany provides the Museum with
a Carl Zeiss VI planetarium instrument and an automatic
control system, making the Albert
Einstein Spacearium
the only fully automated planetarium
of its type in the world. |
1976...
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