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Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher

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V-2 Rocket Engine Combustion Chamber cutaway

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Rolls-Royce Avon Mk 28-49 Turbojet Engine

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Communications Satellite, Mechanical Test Model, MicroSat

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Command Module, Apollo 16

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Glove, Space Shuttle EMU Space Suit (right)

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Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R-1830-92 Radial Engine

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Douglas A4D-2N/A-4C Skyhawk

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Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit

This exhibit is now closed. In this display, Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit from the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing was back on the Museum floor for the first time in 13 years. The spacesuit underwent an ...
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IMAX—Not the First, but Close!

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The Soviet Buran Shuttle: One Flight, Long History

This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the sole launch of the Soviet space shuttle Buran. The idea of a reusable space plane has existed for decades among space enthusiasts and predated the ...
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We All Scream - Even in Space - for Ice Cream

It’s 98 degrees and 74% humidity outside. Beads of sweat start gathering above your brow. In seconds, those beads balloon and begin a hurried descent to your neck, then your back, until finally you’re ...