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- The Art of Air and Space https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/art-air-and-space 0 comments
- Star Trek Starship Enterprise Studio Model https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-starship-enterprise-television-show-star-trek/nasm_A19740668000 2 comments
- The B-29's automated central fire control system (1945) https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/defending-superbomber-b-29s-central-fire-control-system 3 comments
- The NASA Art Program https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/support-predawn-nasa-art-program-and-james-dean 7 comments
- James Webb Space Telescope Sees Features Astronomers Have Yet to Explain https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/winter-2024/up-to-speed 169 comments technology
- The crew of Apollo 13 used a 5-inch, metal slide rule, model "N600-ES" made by Pickett as a back up on-board computer. It was a model that was popular among engineers, scientists and students at the time https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/slide-rule-5-inch-pickett-n600-es-apollo-13/nasm_A19840160000#:~:text=NASA%20chose%20a%205%2Dinch,Apollo%2013%2C%20in%20April%201970. 203 comments space
- The Sun can be observed with a Lunt Solar Systems hydrogen-alpha telescope that filters out all but one wavelength of red light. An image stacking program called Registax removes a lot of noise caused by Earth’s turbulent atmosphere https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/learning-capture-sun 2 comments space
- Apollo 11 astronauts had to sleep on the cold lunar module floor but astronauts from Apollo 12 on were provided with adjustable hammocks which helped reduce the cooling effects of contact with the cabin floor https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/hammock-lunar-module/nasm_A19760745000#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20experience%20of,astronauts%20from%20Apollo%2012%20on. 112 comments space
- National Mall Building to Temporarily Close Spring 2022 | National Air and Space Museum https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/mall-temporarily-close-2022 4 comments space
- Did you know? From 1979 up until 1999 Pluto was often closer to the Sun than Neptune. This won't happen again until 2227 https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/online/solar-system/pluto/orbit.cfm 406 comments space
- Jeff Bezos is donating $200M to the Smithsonian to help renovation of its National Air and Space Museum https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/smithsonian-receive-historic-200-million-donation-jeff-bezos 1828 comments space
- On this day in 1976, Viking 1 arrived at Mars and the orbiter mission began. The lander descended to the surface a month later. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/lander-mars-viking-proof-test-article/nasm_A19790215000 7 comments space
- Happy Birthday to the World's First Woman in Space, Valentina Tereshkova https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/happy-birthday-worlds-first-woman-space 6 comments space
- One of the original NASA space shuttle concepts included the use of a piloted and reusable booster. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-space-shuttlegrumman-boeing-2-stage-f-1-flyback-booster-concept-1192/nasm_a19740733000 15 comments space
- Because of an obstruction in the shuttle's external wastewater dumping system during STS-41D, a two-foot "pee-sicle" formed during the mission which had to be removed with the Robot Arm https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/discovery%E2%80%99s-first-mission-30-years-ago 4 comments space
- SpaceX Dragon Launch and Entry Suits https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/spacex-dragon-launch-and-entry-suits 4 comments space
- 1985 design for Pepsi Cola can made for astronauts. From the Moving Beyond Earth exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/pepsi-cola-can-sts-51-f/nasm_a19850812000 48 comments space
- [Air and Space Museum] to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, 15 ballparks will display statues of Neil Armstrong’s space suit https://airandspace.si.edu/apollo-park 6 comments baseball
- Question for USN Carrier folks from a ship modeller! https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/F14-A6loadout-081h.jpg 14 comments navy
- "Apollo Manned Lunar Module" The first manned moon landing infographic http://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/highres/5317h.jpg 12 comments space
- Pressure Suit used for High-Altitude flight (1935) http://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/previews/si%2098-15012p.jpg 23 comments space
- Apollo Lunar Module Interior http://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/highres/99-15227h.jpg 62 comments space
- When Armstrong first stepped onto the moon, he carried with him a piece of the original 1903 Wright Brother Flyer's wooden propeller and fabric air frame. https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/multimedia/detail.cfm?id=154 197 comments space
- The Apollo 11 command module sheds flaming pieces as its protective ablative covering as it hurtles through the Earth atmosphere toward splash down, July 24, 1969. http://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/640/5246_640.jpg 7 comments space
- Flying platforms invented during WW2 http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=a19610070000 22 comments science