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National Air and Space Museum: Facts & Related Content

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National Air and Space Museum to reveal more renovated galleries on July 28 • May 19, 2025, 2:17 AM ET (Space)
National Air and Space Museum Announces Five New Galleries Will Open July 28 • May 15, 2025, 1:09 AM ET (Smithsonian Institution)
National Air and Space Museum To Host Annual Amelia Earhart Lecture May 21 • May 8, 2025, 3:03 AM ET (Smithsonian Institution)

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Also Known As National Air Museum
Date 1946 - present

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Apollo 11 spacesuit
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Sopwith Camel
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NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.
History of Flight Quiz