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Air and Space Live Chat: Spacesuits Featuring Astronaut Anne McClain Join NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, National Air and Space Museum spacesuit curator Dr. Cathleen Lewis, and conservator Lisa Young in this discussion about spacesuits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xlUwD0tuec Human spaceflight, Apollo program, Life sciences

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Air and Space Live Chat: Pioneering Women in Space In this Live Chat, host Beth Wilson talks with astronaut Mary Cleave and Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks, the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKKHbIRXJU Women

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Air and Space Live Chat: American’s First Spacewalk In this edition museum curator Jennifer Levasseur, NASA chief historian Bill Barry, and astronaut Michael López-Alegría discuss the first American spacewalk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axG4DXFlBIY Records and Firsts, Human spaceflight, Spaceflight

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Air and Space Live Chat: Artemis with Randy Komrade Bresnik In this edition NASA Astronaut Randy Komarade Bresnik discusses the Artemis program which will land the first woman and next man on the Moon; and takes viewer questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp7TuIA-pas Human spaceflight

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How Things Fly Learn how things fly http://howthingsfly.si.edu/ Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Aircraft, Aviation, Physical science, Science, Rockets, Spaceflight

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Hypersonic Vehicles Learn about what happens to vehicles at hypersonic speeds and what happens to air at high speeds. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/structures-materials/hypersonic-vehicles Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Aviation, Physical science, Science

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Air and Space Live Chat: Animals in Aerospace (April 1) Animals have been a part of aviation and space travel since the very beginning. Hear stories about animals in aerospace including dogs, cats, lions, and bugs all from two VERY special hosts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_QPWmNS7A Life sciences, Spaceflight

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Air and Space Live Chat: Science Fiction with Dr. Margaret Weitekamp This edition of the Air and Space Live Chat with Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, curator and department chair of the Space History department at the National Air and Space Museum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFsYtJDmV-M Science fiction

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Air and Space Live Chat: Moon Photography (Tom Watters Jennifer Levausser) Join museum curators to learn about Moon photography from the Apollo missions to today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvygi0jwy6w Art, Moon (Earth), Apollo program

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Air and Space Live Chat: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell & Teasel Muir–Harmony) Join Captain Jim Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13 and National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony for a discussion about Apollo 13. This live chat was recorded on April 16th, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GznsYCZ_o Apollo program

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Gravity Keeps Us Down to Earth If you visited another world, you would notice a change in your weight, because the force of gravity acting on you there would be different from the force of gravity here on Earth. http://howthingsfly.si.edu/gravity-air/gravity-keeps-us-down-earth Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Human spaceflight, Science, Spaceflight

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Air and Space Live Chat: Apollo 12: The Shocking Story (Teasel Muir Harmony & Nancy Conrad) This live Q&A was filmed on 11-20-19 as a follow up to the STEM in 30 Episode - Apollo 12: The Shocking Story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SygUMGBnIw Women, Spaceflight

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