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It Takes Teamwork to Become an Astronaut

January 29, 2018
A motorized toy with cone-shaped antenna and six wheels.

Lunokhod 1 Toy

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Rope basket with man mannequin inside using wooden box shaped camera

Balloon Basket, USA, World War I, United States Army Air Service

Illustration of the InSight lander on the surface of Mars.

InSight Probes the ‘Inner Space' of Mars

A motorized toy with cone-shaped antenna and six wheels.

Lunokhod 1 Toy

Wooden Apollo 11 Commemorative Boomerang with label on apex

Apollo 11 Commemorative Boomerang

Wooden Apollo 11 Commemorative Boomerang

Boomerang, Apollo 11 Commemorative, ATN Channel 7, Michael Collins

As the text on the shades explains, “Shields Up! Whenever solar radiation (sunlight) threatens the starship Enterprise, these shades deploy.”

Star Trek Enterprise display, shades down

Detail view of the leaky nasal emollient on the interior of the Apollo 11 medical accessory kit.

Detail view of the interior of the Apollo 11 medical accessory kit

After treatment view of the Apollo 11 medical accessory kit. Images highlight the results of surface cleaning with a vacuum.

After treatment view of the Apollo 11 medical accessory kit

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit

Detail view of the tear to the Beta cloth of the Apollo 11 medical accessory kit.

Detail view of a tear to the Apollo 11 medical accessory kit

Student Uses Flight Simulator

Student Uses Flight Simulator

Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit

Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit

Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the Sun.

Parker Solar Probe

Museum’s collections team moving birds from the “Golden Age of Flight” exhibition

Museum Staff Moving Birds from “Golden Age of Flight” Exhibition