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National Air and Space Museum Celebrates Perseverance Landing

February 1, 2021 by The District Leave a Comment

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host programming and offer a variety of resources and expertise to coincide with the landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18. The museum’s scientists are involved in a number of Mars research missions with NASA and will share their insights on this current endeavor. […]

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National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet

November 19, 2020 by The District Leave a Comment

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

New Artifact To Go On Display at Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center The following is a press release from the National Air and Space Museum: The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has welcomed the Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet into the national collection. This is the first Blue Angels aircraft the museum has acquired. The recently retired […]

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Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit On Display at National Air and Space Museum for 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

July 16, 2019 by The District Leave a Comment

Apollo 11 spacesuit

The following is a press release from the Smithsonian: “On the 50th anniversary of the historic launch of Apollo 11, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum unveiled Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit, back on display for the first time in 13 years. The suit was conserved, digitized and put back on display in time […]

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National Air and Space Museum Recreates Launch of Apollo 11 on Washington Monument With Historic Projection-Mapping Program

July 12, 2019 by The District Leave a Comment

Washington Monument

The following is a press release from the Smithsonian: “The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will present a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 this July in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior and 59 Productions. For three nights—July 16, 17 and 18—a full-sized, 363-foot Saturn V rocket will […]

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