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Notebook? Check. Space snacks? Check. Shark repellent? Check

The bag itself was immediately recognizable in that the ALSJ long has had a page devoted to what the astronauts referred to as a McDivitt Purse.

When astronaut John Glenn made history as the first American in orbit, his custom spacesuit helped him make the journey.

Take a walk around the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Space Hangar to get an inside–look at the most accomplished Space Shuttle.

These three components of Armstrong’s A7–L spacesuit are a small portion of what hundreds of millions of people saw on the television broadcast of his first steps on the lunar surface.

Space Shuttle Discovery makes one final trip to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum April 2012

These astronauts aren’t just cool because they took a trip of a lifetime, they also hold some famous firsts in history.

Google Arts & Culture and The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum worked with the team behind Light Fields.

Learn about this remarkable career from flight school to astronaut corp.

Flying more missions than any other shuttle, Discovery carried out every type of mission NASA had to offer, spending a total of 365 days in space, and checking off many firsts in spaceflight.

Over 30 years ago, Discovery ascended into space for the first time, after three thwarted launch attempts. Originally scheduled to lift off in June 1984, Discovery finally launched on August 30.

When most people think of emergency fixes in space, the first incident that comes to mind is the famous Apollo 13 mission.