Stories of daring, stories of technological feats, stories of prevailing against the odds ... these are the stories we tell at the National Air and Space Museum. Dive in to the stories below to discover, learn, and be inspired. 

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July 22, 2019 Innovation That Echoes for Eternity Story | Apollo 50

In this guest blog from Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, Roy Avezedo reflects on Raytheon's role in the Apollo 11 mission and what comes next.

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July 19, 2019 Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Close Call Story | Apollo 50

In this guest blog from Smithsonian Channel, we share the story of Neil Armstrong's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle crash in May 1968.

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July 18, 2019 Print Your Own (Version of a) Lunar Module Story

Print your own version of the lunar module tactile model on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.

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July 15, 2019 What Breakthroughs are on the Launch Pad? Story | Apollo 50

In this guest blog, Dr. Thomas A. Kennedy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Raytheon Company, reflects on what comes next.

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July 05, 2019 Inspired by Apollo: How a TV Broadcast Led Me (Almost) to Space Story | Apollo 50

"When I was a kid – maybe 5 or 6 – I remember my dad calling me into the living room and sitting me down in front of our almost comically tiny black-and-white TV screen."

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July 02, 2019 Buzz Aldrin’s Doctoral Thesis Story | Apollo 50

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin was the first astronaut to receive a degree of Doctor of Science (Sc.D). We explore his thesis on “Line-of-Sight Guidance Techniques for Manned Orbital Rendezvous.”

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March 28, 2019 AirSpace Season 2|Ep. 2
Rover R-E-S-P-E-C-T 
Story | AirSpace Podcast

AirSpace listeners know that no space mission is complete without a cool name, and there’s no “higher” recognition than having a space probe named in your honor (see what we did there?). 

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February 07, 2019 Virgin Galactic Rocket Motor Joins Air and Space Collection Story

What is a hybrid rocket motor? What advantages does it have over conventional liquid and solid propellant rocket motors? These questions point to an exciting breakthrough that occurred on December 13, 2018, when Virgin Galactic successfully launched VSS Unity on its first suborbital flight.

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December 07, 2018 Drones Making Life-Saving Deliveries Story

Zipline uses drone technology to connect essential medical products with people in need in the developing world.

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November 23, 2018 The InSight Lander, Looking Deep into the Red Planet Story

The InSight lander, designed to study the interior of Mars, is the latest in a history of NASA lander and rover missions that goes back to the 1970s.

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