April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... flight model prior to its planned February 2019 launch. Smithsonian approach The Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) first became concerned about these issues when the Google Lunar XPRIZE was announced, in 2007. If ...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
...seeking to take by force what others have laboured to produce.” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen David L Goldfein was even more ... to explore and use space; Article II prohibits national appropriation of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial ...
16 July 2018
Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
...in the broader history of spaceflight. Subtitled ‘Redefining Humanity’s Purpose in Space’, it is written by the Chair of the history department at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, who is better-placed to comment than most. As the author...
September 2023
Satellite manufacturing - building to size, speed and security
... as a single-sandbox teaching tool by performing a complex, high-risk mission - was inducted into the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Terran Orbital made history again in May with the Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD-3) satellite...
01 October 2019
Cosmic Discovery: the Search, Scope and Heritage of Astronomy
... the view of our cosmic backyard. So why republish now? The author – astronomy professor at Cornell and director of Washington’s National Air and Space Museum – tackles the question head on in his preface to this new edition. The main reason...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... represented for history. Neil Armstrong speaks at the Apollo 40th anniversary celebration held at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC on 20 July 2009. Practical legacy The Apollo programme was also, of course, hugely important...
