From videos to ready-to implement classroom activities, we’re here to help you get your learners excited about air and space.
A very short history of how people eat and what they eat in space.
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Join Museum curator Dr. Teasel Muir–Harmony and Nancy Conrad, wife of Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad and founder of the Conrad Foundation for a conversation about Apollo 12.
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Astronaut John Grunsfeld shares advice on chasing your dreams and working hard to make them come true.
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Join Museum curator Dr. Teasel Muir–Harmony and Nancy Conrad; wife of Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad and founder of the Conrad Foundation for a conversation about Apollo 12.
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Astronaut John Grunsfeld shares advice on chasing your dreams and working hard to make them come true.
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This Hour of Code program for classrooms explored how coding was used in the Apollo program to get us to the moon and how coding is used today for official military space operations.
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Look in the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia to observe and record some hand–written notes and markings in areas of the spacecraft that have been hidden from view for more than 40 years.
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When the Apollo 11 spacecraft lifted off on July 16, 1969, for the Moon, it signaled a climactic instance in human history.
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Since the first spacewalk, designers have attempted to create gloves that are comfortable, flexible under pressure, provide protection, and offer warmth.
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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.
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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.
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When most people think of emergency fixes in space, the first incident that comes to mind is the famous Apollo 13 mission.
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