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Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

GPS Block III Satellite

GPS Block III Satellite

Russian Rocket Society

Russian Rocket Society

Sheets of black-colored material attached to double-sided tape are applied as part of restoring the Apollo Telescope Mount. Here, the black-covered material is placed as part of the cover of the spar.

Apollo Telescope Mount Kapton Repairs

Greeting card cover commemorating the Byrd Antarctic Expedition that travelled to the South Pole. The card features a small depiction of a boat travelling near some penguins in an ocean.

Card from the Byrd Expedition

Black and white portrait of a boy sitting in a chair.

Orville Wright

A person working on a taxidermy lion in an interior facility.

Gilmore Conservation - Removing Aged Adhesives

Map view of the south pole region of the Moon, where some areas are determined to be completely unlit by the Sun.

Map of the Moon's South Pole

Wright Wind Tunnel Test Wing Shapes

Wright Wind Tunnel Test Wing Shapes

Robert Goddard

Robert Goddard

A top and bottom comparison. On the top is the middle of a wooden propeller with some flaking. On the bottom, it is refinished.

B.L. Marble Chair Co. Propeller

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Four square solar panels constructed of aluminum frames and composite solar collectors, attached to a central body via aluminum struts. The Central bus consists of a variety of solid boxes and stalks with panels and other objects projecting from it. A tubular mast at the apex of the frame supports a rectangular a circular high gain antenna. A selection of instrument boxes, vernier rockets and their fuel containers, and the TV camera are attached to the frame.

Lunar Orbiter

Lunar Swirls

Lunar Swirls

Glenn Curtiss

Glenn Curtiss

Construction of the New Wing of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Construction of the New Wing of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Graphic that reads "Solar Eclipse Teacher Tips"

Solar Eclipse Teacher Tips