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A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?
National Air and Space Museum at 50 A timely tale about a 50-year-old robotic arm… Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, […]
Before it comes down, what should be saved from the International Space Station?
What went up cannot all come down (for museum display). Smithsonian curator Teasel Muir-Harmony (at left) moderates a panel on […]
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NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule
“My job now is to make sure that we can undertake such a transportation [of Discovery] within the budget dollars […]
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100 years later, where is Robert Goddard’s first liquid-fuel rocket?
“He didn’t preserve it as a sacred object… “ Robert Goddard (at left) and Henry Sachs, Percy Roope, and Esther […]
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All sorts of interesting flags and artifacts will fly to the Moon on Artemis II
NASA’s first astronauts to fly to the Moon in more than 50 years will pay tribute to the lunar and […]