Staff

Christopher Moore received his BA in European History from the University of California, San Diego, and his MA in American History from George Mason University.

Beatrice Mowry is the head of the Exhibits Design Department which consists of design managers, architects, writer editors, media specialists, and an illustrator.

Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and the curator of the Apollo Collection. Before coming to the Smithsonian, she earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr. Valerie Neal is an emerita curator in the Department of Space History.

Dr. Allan A. Needell, curator emeritus, earned a BA in physics from Cornell University and a PhD in the history of science from Yale University.

Dr. Fiona Nichols-Fleming is a Postdoctoral Research Geologist in National Air and Space Museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies.

Dr. Cole Nypaver is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Air and Space Museum Center for Earth and Planetary Studies. He received his B.S. degree in Geology from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania in 2017, followed by his M.S. in Geology (2019) and Ph.D.

Julia Orr is a Museum Program Specialist for the Aviation Explorers summer camp program at the National Air and Space  Museum.

Thomas Paone curates the lighter-than-air collection, including balloons, blimps, and airships.  The collection consists of over 500 items, from small pieces of fabric from the Hindenburg airship, to the Explorer II go