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A mid-sized jet airplane landing on the runway.

Prototype Lockheed Jetstar

Side-by-side views of the Wiley Post pressure helmet, with the front visible on the left and the back visible on the right. Views are taken from ultraviolet light intended to discover corrosion products used on the helmet.

Wiley Post Helmet Under UV Light

Alan Shepard's Wax Head

Alan Shepard's Wax Head

Living and Working in Space Discovery Station

Living and Working in Space Discovery Station

A set of fault scarps, or lines of rising crust on the Moon, which are pointed out using white arrows.

Shaping the Moon

Book cover for a children's book about a mouse astronaut going to Mars featuring an illustration of a mouse astronaut in a space capsule travelling in space.

Book Cover: Mousetronaut Goes to Mars

35 mm Camera : Friendship 7

35 mm Camera : Friendship 7

(Left) close up of fur. (Center) Closeup shot of a lion's body. (Right) A lion is next to to aircraft and on display in a museum setting.

Gilmore - Detail of the Mane

Inside of a Silicon Chip

Inside of a Silicon Chip

Child with an airplane costume

2010 Become a Pilot Day

A sculpture with a continuous flow of twists and turns that loop into a symmetrical design is being treated by an individual.

Continuum Sculpture Treatment

Explainers in Washington, DC

Explainers in Washington, DC

Rhea

Rhea

A man with balding hair works on creating an early version of the rocket

Robert Hutchings Goddard

A man speaking into a microphone at the bottom of the frame with a screen of a portrait of a man in the background that makes up the bulk of the image.

Owen Gingerich

National Airport Exterior

National Airport Exterior