The Smithsonian National air and space museum shows us artifacts that tell the story of Space Exploration from the moon to mar mars. Each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and Historic Sites around the country. Up next we visit the Smithsonian National air and space museum located on the National Mall in washington, d. C. Our tour guide is valerie neal, head of the Space History Department at the museum who shows us artifacts that tell the story of Space Exploration from the moon to mars. Im valerie neal. Were in the boeing milestones of flight hall at the center of the museum and this is the hall where we display the pioneering aircraft and spacecraft that transform the modern world. When this Museum Opened in july of 1976 almost every space artifact on display had recently been in the news. This was very much a museum of contemporary spaceflight and it was for most people their first chance to see what had been lauded in the 1960s and early 1970s during thi
In the boeing milestones flight all at the center of the museum and this is the hall where we display the pioneering aircraft and spacecraft that transformed the modern world. When this Museum Opened in july 1976, almost every space artifact on display had recently been in the news. This was very much a museum of contemporary spaceflight and it was for most people, their first chance to see what had been lauded in the 1960s and early 1970s during this heroic age of space exploration, when humans first ventured off the planet into space and all the way to the moon, when the United States and the soviet union began sending craft out to explore the nearby planets. All of this was exciting, thrilling, and people just flocked into the museum to see it. In the 40 years since the building opened, we have continued to acquire treasures of space history. We have now about 17,000 artifacts related to space history. We have just over 1000 of them on display in two locations here in the washington
An inventor from sevastopol has created several devices that can become indispensable on the front lines, for example, a selfpropelled robot for delivering cargo or a protective camouflage shelter. Anna kirshchane met the designer and his new products. Start button, well , brake, release the brakes, everyone got in, lets go. Steering fork, three wheels and an electric motor, at first glance an inconspicuous vehicle, but in fact a great help for military personnel at the front, such a modular an electric machine, for example, can be used by snipers to move in forested areas; the equipment is almost silent and does not leave a thermal trace, which means it is invisible to thermal imagers if you unscrew these two bolts, remove the plug, remove the seats. Used both for reconnaissance and for remote strikes, this device is the joint work of Dmitry Chulkov and andrei bely. The main features of the equipment are ease of use, cheap components and the ability to change characteristics based on
, one escort. This tactic has proven its high effectiveness more than once. Report by vesti military correspondent alexander katsuba. Attack helicopters of Army Aviation and a group of troops from the south are breaking up a concentration of enemy infantry in the north donetsk direction. The second helicopter enters the battle mi28 night hunter. If we control aircraft missiles, i look for them. The commander confirms, gives the command to fire, i use aviation weapons and lead until the target is destroyed. Each missile reaches its target. The actions of our attack k52 and mi28 are covered by the crew of the mi8 transport and combat helicopter. The car hovers over the air strike area, as they say here, in the line of sight. Search and rescue team on an e8 helicopter. As quickly and carefully as possible, we are one of the first to land, we pick up the crew members, the injured , the wounded, we take them on board the search and rescue aircraft and evacuate the nearest medical center, du
Vehicles, pickup trucks, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as seven Drone Control points were destroyed, from the zone of a special military operation, a report by vesti military correspondent pavel prokopenko. Arriving in artyomovsk only in the dark, during the day this road is clearly visible and accordingly is shot through, so under cover of darkness it is still much safer to do it. The road is lit with dim red light. All drivers here use only such diffuse light bulbs; their light is insufficient for enemy drones. The enemy himself is at a great distance, and since the drone cannot return back, it chooses any target. The words of the attendant are immediately confirmed, and right on the road the loaf is burning out. You can see from the frame that the car is civilian, with no military markings. We are driving through the city at dawn, we are not driving, we are rushing, here. The 8x zoom from this camera is simply not hide, from 500 m, lets say, you can find personnel there, the e