...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...
... police’ exist with zero tolerance for the unauthorised possession of a controlled space resource The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center is a space museum that displays space artefacts, many of which are on loan from NASA. Following the resignation...
... 17,000 staff; Bridenstine on the other hand is a former Navy pilot who once ran the Air and Space Museum in Tulsa - where he reportedly ran the museum into a financial loss. Consequently, Bridenstine’s lack of technical background and professional...
... 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 is, he says, that many...
...describe a well-known story of collaboration, but later ones depict a lawsuit filed by Ordway on behalf of an international space museum he co-founded (all part of a misunderstanding about non-profit and for-profit companies). Speculating that Ordway...
... in 1966, when the first ever spacecraft docking in space with another vehicle was accomplished with an Agena target –... Apollo 40th anniversary celebration held at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC on 20 July 2009. Practical legacy The ...