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Air & Space/Smithsonian is a quarterly magazine published by the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., United States. [2] Its first publication was in April 1986. [3] Articles in the magazine involve topics related to historical and present aviation and space travel. [4] It also covers military aviation and aeronautical technology. [5]
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum , its main building opened on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976.
Retired Senior Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Scott Wood carefully restores a Saturn V F-1 rocket engine to its original condition. The Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility, also known colloquially as "Silver Hill" [citation needed], is a storage and former conservation and restoration facility of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, located in Suitland ...
This 25-cent issue hit newsstands just days after U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas. The cover features a stoic portrait of JFK, while the content inside featured ...
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis Douglas DC-3. The original location for the display of the Smithsonian's collection of aerospace artifacts is the National Air and Space Museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [2] Most of the more famous artifacts in the collection are displayed here, including the Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11 Command ...
View from Ground Level (2024) Designed by Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum, who also designed the National Air and Space Museum building, the Center required 15 years of preparation and was built by Hensel Phelps Construction Co. [4] The exhibition areas comprise two large hangars, the 293,707-square-foot (27,286.3 m 2) Boeing Aviation Hangar and the 53,067-square-foot (4,930.1 m 2) James S ...
National Air and Space Museum: Aviation and spaceflight history Washington, D.C. National Mall: 1946, 1976 [note 1] [13] National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Aviation and spaceflight history Chantilly, Virginia: 2003 [14] National Museum of African American History and Culture: African-American history and culture ...
Smithsonian is a science and nature magazine (and associated website, SmithsonianMag.com). It is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., although editorially independent from its parent organization. The first issue was published in 1970. [2]