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The works of artist Robert McCall, whose six-story-high
painting "The Space Mural: A Cosmic View"
greets visitors in the south lobby of the Museum,
are displayed in a retrospective entitled, "The
Works of Robert McCall"(September 26). |
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"Fire and Ice: A History of Comets in Art,"
opens to the public. It includes a neon sculpture
commissioned to commemorate the reappearance of
Halley's comet after a 75-year absence (October
24). |
The nation's first Space
Shuttle orbiter, Enterprise, is transferred
from NASA to the Museum's collection. It circles
Washington on its 747 carrier before landing at
Dulles Washington
International Airport (December 6). |
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