• Black and white photo of the ribbon cutting ceremony of the National Air and Space Museum's building in Washington, DC.
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    President Gerald Ford prepares for the official ribbon cutting outside the Museum on July 1, 1976. The ribbon was cut by a signal transmitted by the Viking I spacecraft in orbit around Mars.

  • Black and white photo of the ribbon cutting ceremony of the National Air and Space Museum's building in Washington, DC.

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