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Museum staff are so often so busy working that they rarely have the time to stop and reflect. The last year was an eventful time for the conservation team: they welcomed new team members, undertook complex treatments, prepared objects for display, and contributed to opening five new galleries.

Today on AirSpace: the scandal of the century! Matt and Emily are joined by friend of the show and Museum curator Bob van der Linden to learn all the twists and turns of the Air Mail Crisis of 1934.

Installing the Museum's Lockheed U-2C spy plane took nearly a month. The building’s layout presented some special challenges leading to one of the most complicated installations to date.

Splashdown: the final step in the Apollo 11 mission. As the command module floated (gracefully, we are sure) in the Pacific Ocean, a team of elite Navy divers known as Frogmen swam up to help the astronauts safely and securely onto a helicopter that would take them to the USS Hornet. Today on AirSpace, we hear from three of the Frogmen who plucked the Apollo astronauts out of the drink (and may have engaged in some horseplay on the floating capsule). 

Noted Navy mathematician and computer programmer Gladys Mae Brown was born to Black sharecroppers in Sutherland, Virginia, on October 27, 1930, just years after legislation in the state codified its harshest post-Civil War discrimination based on race.

Jacobs played a key role in developing and managing the “pop pod” camera system that filmed Saturn V stage separation in flight—footage that helped ensure the safety of future Moon missions and offered early views of Earth from orbit.

The design embedded in the terrazzo floor of the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall is based on a famous illustration from the 1970s that shows the location of Earth’s solar system.

What you need to know about NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon.

NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero crater, Mars on February 18, 2021. This blog highlights some of the biggest breakthroughs from the first five years of the Mars 2020 mission.

Today on AirSpace: it’s Canine Career Day! We discuss the surprisingly wide variety of airport dog jobs, and hear from a few lucky humans about their unique coworkers.