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| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Stopwatch used by Wilbur to time the flights. Pocket watch taken by Orville on his first flight. |
2024 |
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District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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66 years after the first heavier than air flight with a pilot, the first manned lunar landing took a piece of the Wright Flyer on the journey. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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 Centinery poster for the first Wright Brothers flight. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Exhibition about the evolution of planes. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Spirit of Columbus, a small plane used with non tarmac runways. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Small plane from 1945 flown in the UK. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Pedal plane tricycle from the late 1920s. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Propeller planes. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Turbo fan jet engine. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Exhibition about 20th century aircraft. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Challenger III, a 2010 biplane. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Cirrus SR22 from 2003. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Gulfstream jet engine. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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In the 21st century, drones are used for surveilance and warfare. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Helicopters can land without a long runway. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Cosmos Phase II ultralight for observing bird life. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Rolls Royce RB 211 jet engine. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Exhibition about communication. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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ATS 1 Communication satellite. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Communication satellite with solar panel from the 1990s. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Satellite radio (2000s). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Undersea cables used for the internet. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Amplifier for boosting undersea cable signals. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Rocket launcher used by Robert H Goddard (1882-1945). He developed and launched liquid and solid fuel rockets between 1926 and 1941. He remained obscure in the USA until foreign rocket scientists began quoting his papers. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Destination Moon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Bust of Yuri Gagarin (Russia, 1934-1968), the first man in space in 1961. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The Mercury Freedom 7 capsule placed the USA's first man in space. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The entrance to and cramped interior of the Mercury Freedom 7. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Alan Shepard (1923-1998) wore this space suit when he rode in the Mercury capsule for a sub orbital space trip in 1961. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Men Into Space board game from the early 1960s. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The Gemini VII two man space craft (1965) allowed the astronauts to develop docking and space walking skills. |
2024 |
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District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The helmet worn by Edward White (1930-1967) was used in Gemini IV and had a plexiglass visor with a gold coating to filter out ultra violet (UV) light from the Sun. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Hand held manoeuvering gun used by Edward White during space walks outside Gemini IV. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Tether umbilical cord connected Edward White to the Gemini IV craft and allowed him to communicate with it. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Checklist carried by Michael Collins (1930-2021) when outside the Gemini IV space craft in 1966. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Surveyor was an unmanned lander to test the Moon's surface. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The F1 rocket engines on the Saturn 5 rocket that took men to the Moon via the Apollo program. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Saturn 5 engines from above. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The thrust chamber for the F1 Saturn V engines. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The five F1 engines burned for 2.5 minutes propelling the rocket to 9660km per hour and to a height of 61km. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The Block 1 hatch on Apollo 1 trapped three astronauts during a test launch when a fire broke out in the cabin. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The three USA astronauts who died in Apollo 1 when a fire started during a launch test. The atmosphere in the cabin was pure oxygen. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Escape hatch (Block 2) developed after the 1967 fire on Apollo 1 and used on Apollo 11. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Earthrise from Apollo 8 in 1968 from Moon orbit. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Apollo 11's command module Columbia which orbited the Moon while two astronauts landed (1969). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Columbia windows. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Columbia returned to Earth and the three astronauts exited via this hatch. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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View of Columbia with the heat shield below. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Columbia's heat shield that helped it decelerate as it entered the Earth's atmosphere. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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In flight garment worn by Michael Collins who stayed in orbit around the Moon in Columbia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Columbia Command Module operations check list used by Michael Collins. Check lists were used to ensure that no steps were missed out or performed in the wrong order. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Flight plans and instructions used by Michael Collins when alone in Columbia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Neil Armstrong's (1930-2012) space suit when he walked on the Moon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Detail of the upper half of Neil Armstrong's space suit that was used on the Moon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Lunar sample return container, the "rock box" used by Apollo 11 to bring back 21.8kg of Moon rock from the Sea of Tranquility. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Neil Armstrong's watch used in the landing module (Eagle) when the craft's chronometer stopped working. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Star chart used by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (born 1930) to adjust Eagle's guidence system before take off from the Moon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The optical alignment sight allowed Neil Armstrong to judge the distance between Eagle and Columbia during the docking in Lunar orbit. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Waste management technology. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Lunar Module Emergency Wrench allowed the hatch between Eagle and Columbia to be opened after docking. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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16mm camera that filmed the first moon landing and also took the movies on the surface of the Moon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Temporary storage bag for tools used on the Moon walk. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Lunar Module training cockpit. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The Apollo landing sites on the Moon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Moon rover used on later Apollo missions (15, 16 and 17). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Tool box used during the Moon walks on Apollo 12 and Apollo 14. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Lunar Surface Drill used on the Moon by Apollos 15, 16 and 17 to extract soil samples. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Far Ultraviolet camera and spectrograph. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Singer sewing machine used to sew portions of the Apollo space suits. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Portable life support system backpack used by Apollo astronauts on the Moon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Gloves used inside the vehicles molded to fit the astronaut's hands. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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First version of Apollo suit produced in 1965. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Medical kit for the Command Module of Apollo 12. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Dried food that is hydrated by adding hot or cold water. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Improvided carbon dioxide filter from the ill fated Apollo 13 mission. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Exploring the Planets exhibit. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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18th century mechanical model of the Solar System. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Mars rovers used to trouble shoot problems on their active versions on Mars. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Blink Comparitor used to look for movement on two images taken a few days apart. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Discovery plate of Pluto (1930) using the Blink Comparator. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Model of the Kepler Space Telescope used to discover exoplanets. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The Stardust probe flew through the tail of Comet Wild 2 in 2004 collecting particles. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Meteorite found in the Antarctic in 1979. Its trapped gases are identical to the atmosphere of Mars. This rock was knocked off the surface of the planet and eventually landed on Earth. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Copies of the Viking equipment used on the surface of Mars in 1976. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Camera equipment from various planetary probes. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Copy of the metal record included with Voyager 1 and 2 with mathematical information about the Earth. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Evel Knievel's motorbike in an exhibition about speed. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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The Chevy. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Air and Space Museum |
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Mr Spock's ears from the original Star Trek series donated by the Nimoy family. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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1940s carwash. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Street scene in suburban Washington. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Metro station at Dupont Circle. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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On the metro. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Railway line South of the Mall. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Georgetown |
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Georgetown is the original settlement of the city with many traditional town houses. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Georgetown |
M Street |
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The main road is called M Street NW. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Georgetown |
M Street |
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Traditional shops and town houses. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Georgetown |
M Street |
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View of M Street. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Georgetown |
M Street |
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Pastel coloured corner shop. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Georgetown |
M Street |
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge crosses the Potomac River to the Greater Washington suburb of Rosslyn in the state of Virginia. |
2024 |
