Behind the Scenes

Fabricating Missing Parts of the Lincoln Standard H.S.
Welding and fabrication specialist Meghann Girard takes us through the way she combined contemporary technology with traditional metalworking techniques to fabricate missing parts from our Lincoln-Standard H.S.
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Museum specialists work on restoration of Lincoln-Standard

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Thu, Mar 22 2018
Conserving Artifacts from Command Module Columbia
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View of the repair being made to the tear in the Beta cloth medical container by Conservation intern Meghann Kozak
Thu, Mar 01 2018
Up-Close With the Langley Artifact Collection
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Courtney Asher reviews a Langley artifact in preparation for the photography session.
Thu, Feb 22 2018
Your Tour Through The National Air and Space Museum
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Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Tue, Feb 13 2018
Shields up! Protecting the Enterprise From UV Rays
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Star Trek Enterprise
Tue, Jan 30 2018
"America by Air" Gets Airline Boost
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artistic rendering
Sat, Jan 27 2018
A Closer Look at Landing Gear
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The underbelly of a Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless
Thu, Jan 18 2018
How Many Missions Did Flak-Bait Fly?
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Martin B-26B Marauder Flak-Bait
Wed, Dec 20 2017
Top Five Stories of 2017
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A Solar Eclipse
Wed, Dec 13 2017
Light Speed Delivery: The Smithsonian’s R2-D2 Mailbox
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The R2-D2 mailbox in a display case at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Fri, Nov 03 2017
"Kiss Me Darling:" Conserving the Rituals of Dating and Dancing
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A photo of Lauren Gottschlich, Engen Conservation Fellow, inpainting the losses on the lid with watercolor paints.

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