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A photo of the inside of the Nation of Speed exhibit. A sign that says Nation of Speed hangs in the top right corner and across from it is Roscoe Turners airplane. A case with side signs that say speed limit 80 and speed limit enforced by aircraft is in the foreground.

Nation of Speed

Colored topographic map of a portion of the Moon with a fault scarp visible as a line of dark greens (higher elevations) correspond with an immediate dip into lower elevations (highlighted in lighter greens).

Prominent lobate fault scarp in Vitello Cluster

Two people playing brass instruments as part of a concert band.

U.S. Air Force Concert Band

Bell H-13J Cockpit

Bell H-13J Cockpit

Assessment of the Potential for Magnetic Levitation Transportation Systems in the United States. A Report to Congress. Center contains three-line drawings of maglev transportation. Bottom left: Moving American New Directions, New Opportunities with a blue squiggle drawing. Bottom right: June 1990.

Assessment of the Potential for Magnetic Levitation

Sally Ride's Tennis Racquet, Sally K. Ride Collection

Sally Ride's Tennis Racquet, Sally K. Ride Collection

Jupiter's Atmosphere

Jupiter's Atmosphere

A Bowl Full of Blueberries

A Bowl Full of Blueberries

2010 Become a Pilot Day

2010 Become a Pilot Day

A sculpture with a continuous flow of twists and turns that loop into a symmetrical design is seen at the front of a building.

Continuum Sculpture

Explainer Helps with Design Challenge

Explainer Helps with Design Challenge

Hyperion

Hyperion

A man with a beard wearing a top hat.

Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky

Three women stand outside a building

Fairchild Plant 5 Employees

Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

GPS Block III Satellite

GPS Block III Satellite