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Before Zambia’s Independence Day in October 1964, Edward Makuka Nkoloso announced to the press, and all who would listen, the formation of the Zambian Space Program. He promised to beat both the United States and the USSR in sending humans to the Moon and pledged to send trained cats to Mars.

The oldest Earth rocks we have are 4.3 billion years old, and samples we've brought back from the Moon are even older. But what what does that have to do with craters on Mars? 

James E. Martin, an electronics technician who worked in the RCA Space Center, helped build the Ranger 7 spacecraft’s camera system, which sent back over 4,000 detailed images in less than 17 minutes before crashing into the Moon in 1964.

En este preciso momento, hay siete mujeres en Marte... o algo así. 

Conservators had the rare opportunity to examine the cockpit of the Museum's North American X-15-1, allowing the stabilization of its delicate plastic components. 

Right now there are seven women on Mars... kind of.

In 2024, Jeanette Epps set the mark as the African American astronaut who has spent the most time in space. 

Todas las aeronaves del ejército y también algunos aviones civiles de nuestras colecciones deben ser desmilitarizados antes de ponerlos en exposición o en almacenamiento. 

All the military aircraft and some of the civilian ones in our collections have to be demilitarized before they go on display or into storage.

The Museum's V-1 cruise missile gets a makeover ahead of its display in the new and upcoming Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air gallery.