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A handwritten letter describing the discovery of rings around Uranus next to a chart demonstrating the discovery. Both are in a display case.

Discovery of the Rings Around Uranus

Example of double-sided tape attached to black-colored material used as part of a cover of a telescope spar. Multiple sheets of white, double-sided tape are placed on a table with one sheet covered with the black-colored material.

Using Kapton to Repair the Apollo Telescope Mount

Milton Wright (1829-1917)

Milton Wright (1829-1917)

Bob Hoover Gives an Air Show Performance

Bob Hoover Gives an Air Show Performance

A weathered addressed envelope with a stamp in the upper righthand corner and the words USS Shenandoah, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J. in the upper lefthand corner.

Envelope from Letter from George Schnitzer, Jr. to James and Ellen Meliff

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Irregular shaped; with horizontal, bird-like wings with pair of engine pods, long narrow fuselage, with bridge in back, ovoid-shaped, with painted portholes; ovoid-shape on top of bridge with two opposing red plastic beads on ovoid and one green on nipple-shaped protrusion on side of ovoid; overall, gray, with silver trim and painted on red, black, and white simulated alien lettering, on top and bottom of ship.

Model, D7 Klingon Battle Cruiser, "Star Trek"

Launch of LROC

Launch of LROC

A page of text describing mathematics used for a famous early set of gliders.

The Famous Lilienthal Table

Samuel P. Langley and Pilot Charles Matthew Manley

Samuel P. Langley and Pilot Charles Matthew Manley

One end of a broken up piece of an airship as seen from above.

Wreckage of USS Shenandoah's Bow

Two openings on the Moon are actually one opening with a natural bridge in the middle of the opening.

Natural Bridge on the Moon

The Red Wing

The Red Wing

National Air and Space Museum Board

National Air and Space Museum Board

A group outside at night looking at the sky surrounded by faintly lit trees and buildings

Eisenhower Under the Stars evening stargazing April 2023

Four different perspectives of mountain formations on the Moon.

Lunar Mountains

Winter Coming Down on the Little Hut

Winter Coming Down on the Little Hut