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V-1 Cruise Missile
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Hs 298 Missile
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Redstone Missile
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Explorer
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Rutan VariEze
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Vanguard Lyman Alpha satellite
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Explorer 7 Satellite (Replica)
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Delta Wing Model 162
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Fowler-Gage Biplane
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Navigational Satellite, Transit 5-A
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Spacelab Laboratory Module
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Corona KH-4B Camera
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Aerial Cameras
The National Air and Space Museum’s aerial cameras have photographed or filmed birds, cold war secrets, the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, Indian ruins in the American Southwest, and scenes from Top Gun and The Great Waldo Pepper.
Apollo 11
On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first humans to step foot on the lunar surface while astronaut Michael Collins orbited above inside the Command Module, Columbia. Here is a collection of objects from that historic mission.
Awards and Insignia
Awards, medals, pins, and accessories from the Museum's collections.
Fly Now! The National Air and Space Museum Poster Collection
Throughout their history, posters have been a significant means of mass communication, often with striking visual effect. The posters in the collection are significant both for their esthetic value and because they are a unique representation of the cultural, commercial, and military history of aviation during a significant period of its technological and social development.
Human Spaceflight
The Human Spaceflight collection spans decades of achievements from the first U.S. manned Mercury missions through Apollo, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station.
