Space & Aviation
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We welcome Simone Dichiara as a guest blogger. Simone is the first author of a paper that is the subject of our latest press release. He is an Assistant Research Professor at Penn State University and currently works at the Mission Operations . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Installing the Museum’s Lockheed U-2C spy plane took nearly a month. The building’s layout presented some special challenges leading to one of the most complicated installations to date.
Learn how Vera Rubin pushed through gender barriers in the 1950s to discover dark matter.
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The mission’s goals have changed, and Artemis 4 will be the first lunar landing attempt. Four missions are tentatively scheduled within the next three years
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The orb will take on the spooky hue for about an hour on March 3 because of sunlight filtering through Earth’s atmosphere
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The researchers found the galaxy thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope
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A crash involving the planet’s largest moon, Titan, and a hypothetical moon may have triggered a curious sequence of events
Splashdown: the final step in the Apollo 11 mission. As the command module floated (gracefully, we are sure) in the Pacific Ocean, a team of elite Navy divers known as Frogmen swam up to help the astronauts safely and securely onto a helicopter . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.