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- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Past Exhibition
How Things Fly
How Things Fly explains the basic principles that allow aircraft and spacecraft to fly. The gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays.
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- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Past Exhibition
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit
Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit from the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing is back on display for the first time in 13 years.
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- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Past Exhibition
50 Years from Tranquility Base
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, while their colleague Michael Collins orbited overhead. This case, installed for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, contains artifacts from that historic journey
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- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Past Exhibition
2001: A Space Odyssey Immersive Art Exhibit
Immerse yourself in “The Barmecide Feast,” a fully realized, full-scale reflection of the iconic, neo-classical hotel room from the penultimate scene of Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Past Exhibition
Destination Moon
Join the Smithsonian Institution as we relive the greatest adventure of all time. Destination Moon will commemorate the achievements of the early space program in a new, state-of-the-art traveling exhibition and a permanent gallery at the Museum in Washington, DC.
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- Presented Online
Past Exhibition
Artist Soldiers
Artistic expression during the war contributed to this transformation. Before World War I, war art largely depicted heroic military leaders and romanticized battles, done long after the fact, far from the battlefield. The First World War marked a turning point with the appearance of artwork intended to capture the moment in a realistic way, by first-hand participants.
This exhibition examines this form of artistic expression from two complementary perspectives: one, professional artists who were recruited by the U.S. Army; the other, soldiers who created artwork. Together they shed light on World War I in a compelling and very human way.
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- Presented Online
Past Exhibition
A New Moon Rises
Dramatic landscapes of the Moon captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC).
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Past Exhibition
Art of the Airport Tower
Art of the Airport Tower explores contemporary and historic air traffic control towers in the United States and around the world.
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Past Exhibition
Above and Beyond
Celebrate the power of innovation and learn what it takes to make impossible dreams take flight.
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- Presented Online
Past Exhibition
Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity
Extra-vehicular activity, or EVA—working outside a spacecraft—changed the nature of human spaceflight. This exhibition presents art, photography, artifacts, and personal accounts to explore EVA and contribute to its ongoing story.
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- Presented Online
Past Exhibition
Hawaii by Air
In the early days of flight, getting to Hawaii, one of the most remote places on Earth, was a challenge. Hawaii by Air recounts how things have changed since then.
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- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Past Exhibition
Red Bull Stratos: Mission to the Edge of Space
This temporary exhibition features the pressurized balloon gondola in which Felix Baumgartner ascended to the edge of space on October 14, 2012 and a pressure suit he wore on a flight on July 25.
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