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When Coke and Pepsi Fought for Soft Drink Supremacy in Space
In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts got wrangled into an orbital chapter of the ...
NASA to fire almost 4,000 employees: Protests and a letter to space agency’s interim administrator under Trump
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is expected to cut at least 20 per cent of its workforce, in a ...
The Apollo Soyuz Test Project at 50
WEATHERFORD, Okla. (KFOR) – When astronaut Tom Stafford and cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov opened a hatch connecting their two ...
Shuttle Discovery’s Texas transfer launches cost concerns
The Smithsonian Institution is resisting an effort from Texas lawmakers to transport the space shuttle Discovery from a ...
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reopens 5 renovated galleries starring SpaceX rocket parts, a 3D-printed Mars habitat and more
The museum's flagship building on the National Mall drew thousands of visitors on Monday who were among the first to tour ...
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5 Things to See at the National Air and Space Museum’s Newly Renovated Galleries
In 2018, t he National Air and Space Museum began renovating its facade and all 20 of its galleries—and on Monday, July 28, ...
Smithsonian Air and Space opens halls for “milestone” and “future” artifacts
The National Air and Space Museum has opened five more of its renovated galleries, including two showcasing space artifacts.
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The Mach 6.7 X-15 ‘Rocket Plane’ Summed Up in 4 Words
The North American X-15 was a revolutionary rocket-powered aircraft from the 1960s designed to explore hypersonic flight at ...
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Built to Dogfight
In popular culture, the Sopwith Camel was Snoopy’s plane of choice. The anthropomorphic dog in the “Peanuts” comic strip, one ...