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The Museum's director and famed pilot stand beside Hoover's green and white Shrike Commander.

Robert A. "Bob" Hoover and General J. R. Dailey

Oil painting of an astronaut during a spacewalk.

Contact Light by Michael Kagan

Margaret Weitekamp, the Museum's Curator of Space History, stands in front of an exhibit about space.

Margaret Weitekamp

Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere. Floating gases off the edge of the disk called prominences are visible as well as filaments (dark lines) on the disk of the Sun. Sunspots (dark spots) and phages (lighter-colored clouds) are also visible on the disk.

The Sun - December 11, 2013

Margaret Weitekamp, the Museum's Curator of Space History, stands in front of an exhibit about space.

Margaret Weitekamp

View of Venus in a crescent phase during daytime hours.

Venus in Crescent Phase - November 29, 2013

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Suited For Space

November 21, 2013
Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere. Sunspots (seen as dark spots) and phages (lighter-colored clouds) are visible on the disk.

The Sun - November 15, 2013

Video

The Overview Effect

November 07, 2013
One close-up panel of the Sun's atmosphere next to two partial disk views of the Sun. The left partial disk shows multiple sunspot (dark spots) clusters surrounded by phages (lighter colored clouds). The close-up view next to the disk shows a closer view of the largest sunspot cluster. The right partial disk view reveals the surface, with sunspots visible as dark spots.

The Sun - November 6, 2013

Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere. Multiple filaments (dark lines) are visible mostly on the upper half of the disk. Sunspot (dark spots) clusters surrounded by phages (lighter-colored clouds) are visible in the middle of the disk.

The Sun - November 3, 2013

A male museum specialist holds a rubber object he made.

Museum Specialist with Rudder Rib

View of the front entrance and large narrow sculpture of the National Air and Space Museum's building in Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Partial disk view of the Sun's atmosphere. Many prominences (gases floating away from the sphere) and filaments (dark lines) can be seen across the lower, visible half of the disk.

The Sun - September 12, 2013

George and Nina Cois, a couple consisting of a white male and a white female, pose together at a reception.

George and Nina Cois

A group of people stand together at a reception held at the Museum.

Guests at the Opening of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex on the Flight of Birds