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WASHINGTON, DC — The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will commemorate the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission with a week-long "First Moon Landing Celebration" in July 2019.
The Smithsonian is almost ready to open five more of the Air and Space Museum's halls as its 7-year renovation continues.
The Apollo 11 command module is the spacecraft ... the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is sending the space capsule to four different museums around the country. It's the first time ...
Preparations are underway at the Smithsonian’s National Air ... s Apollo 11 spacesuit will be put on display July 16 for the first time in 13 years. On July 19, visitors to the museum will ...
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is one step closer to completing its multiyear renovation this summer by ...
WASHINGTON - Before the pandemic, the National Air and ... to the museum. Some of the jewels of the collection, including the Wright Flyer, Neil Armstrong's spacesuit and the Apollo 11 Command ...
Aldrin, 94, the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew, headlines a gala at the San Diego Air and Space Museum on Saturday night. He'll be joined by astronaut Charlie Duke, who was the voice ...
The reopening of almost half of the popular museum marks the ... to those used to launch Apollo astronauts to the moon — on display at the National Air and Space Museum when it reopens Oct ...
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum—one of the most popular ... Here, too, is the Columbia, the command module of Apollo 11, mounted in a vitrine you can walk around to get a sense ...
The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum is an aviation ... ranging from 1920s-era propeller planes to fighter jets to the Apollo 11 common module. The museum is home to some of the most historically ...
It is a lesser-known note in history that Neil Armstrong’s first words back on Earth after exiting the Apollo 11 ... space enthusiasts can enjoy a bit of that history by visiting the USS Hornet ...