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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December 18, 2018 The Mechanics of Moving Apollo Spacesuits Story

As the Museum kicks off its massive project to reimagine Air and Space, many of the objects in our collection will be moved from their current location on the National Mall. The first objects on that list were also some of the most iconic in our collection: Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 and Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 spacesuits.

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December 13, 2018 AirSpace Ep.19:
Spirit in the Sky
Story | AirSpace Podcast

In this episode, Emily, Matt, and Nick will unpack the often philosophical, sometimes spiritual reactions to viewing of Earth from above. 

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December 11, 2018 The Spirit of Apollo 8 Story

December 21-27, 1968: the Apollo 8 crew of Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders journeyed to the Moon, into lunar orbit, and back to Earth. 

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October 25, 2018 AirSpace Ep.16:
Rocket Man
Story | AirSpace Podcast

AirSpace hosts give their take on First Man, the new biopic about the original Moon-walker Neil Armstrong. Spoiler – they land on the Moon.

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October 12, 2018
What First Man Got Right About Neil Armstrong
Story

First Man is almost certainly is the most accurate fictional depiction of human spaceflight in the 1960s ever made. A curator weighs in on what the film got right and wrong.

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July 24, 2018 Spaceflight and Surviving Shark Attacks Story

Shaq does shark week. Ronda Rousey against a bull shark. Bear Grylls faces off with … yes … a shark. Shark Week is full of celebrities having close encounters with one of the ocean’s greatest predators, but did you know early astronauts were also prepared for their own tussle with the fearsome fish?

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July 20, 2018 Looking Closer at the Saturn V Story

On July 20, 1969, a whole nation tuned in to see astronaut Neil Armstrong take one small step on the surface of the Moon, ushering in a new era of space exploration. But how did Armstrong and the Apollo 11 astronauts get to the Moon in the first place?

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May 31, 2018 Remembering Astronaut and Artist Alan Bean Story

We remember Alan L.  Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon and the only artist to have visited the Moon.

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April 09, 2018 The Woman Who Got Real Food to Space Story

The woman who changed space food from “cubes and tubes” into the Apollo program’s astronaut-ready meals.

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March 22, 2018 Conserving Artifacts from Command Module Columbia Story | Inside the Conservation Lab

How the Museum's conservation team treated an Apollo 11 artifact, a medical accessory kit stowed aboard the Command Module Columbia during the historic lunar mission.

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