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Behind those amazing artifacts in the National Air and Space Museum are thousands of stories of human achievement, failure, and perseverance. Join AirSpace hosts Emily, Matt, and Nick as they demystify one of the world’s most visited museums and explore why people are so fascinated with stories of exploration, innovation, and discovery.

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July 25, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.10
Night Witches
Today we’re talking about a chilling chapter from flight history— Night Bomber Regiment 588. 
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July 11, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.9
Walking on the Moon Part 2
In part two of Walking on the Moon, we’re talking about the important science still happening with Apollo Moon rocks here on Earth a half-century later. 
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June 27, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.8
Walking on the Moon
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, AirSpace examines what we knew then, what we know now, and what mysteries of lunar science still remain.
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June 13, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.7
Rock on the Moon
What music would you take along on a quarter-million mile road trip?
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May 23, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.6
Help!
Some of the world’s best pilots are the ones you hope never to see. In this episode, we’re talking about air rescue.
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May 09, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.5
Big Iron
Scientists believe our planet has a metallic inner core, but we can’t exactly crack it open and check. Instead, NASA is sending a mission to an asteroid named Psyche, which appears to be a nickel-iron planetary core a lot like the one at the center of the Earth.
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April 25, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.4
AirSpace Live at SXSW
In this special episode recorded at SXSW, Emily, Matt, and Nick recount stories of failure and how they’ve inspired a whole lot of success in science and space exploration
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April 11, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep.3
Hail to the Chief
On this episode of AirSpace we’re talking about the most exclusive form of public transportation – presidential flight. 
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March 29, 2019
AirSpace 
Bonus Briefing
As you may have heard, astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain were scheduled to perform a spacewalk today. AirSpace hosts Emily, Matt, and Nick break down why this changed. 
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March 28, 2019
AirSpace Season 2|Ep. 2
Rover R-E-S-P-E-C-T 
AirSpace listeners know that no space mission is complete without a cool name, and there’s no “higher” recognition than having a space probe named in your honor (see what we did there?). 
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