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 space flight. 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 in to the museum to see it. In the 40 years since this 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 a thousand of them on display in our two locations
All week. A greater percentage of efforts population followed their flight than any other event in human history. After their flights the astronauts toured. President nixon proclaimed them the best possible am baz dors america could have on the earth. Today were looking back and asking what was the political and Foreign Relations significance of the apollo program, and what is its enduring legacy. Were going to look forward questioning how apollo era space diplomacy should inform Foreign Relations today. Very shortly ill give you Historical Context on the role of project apollo in u. S. Foreign relations and its followed by a one on one conversation between me and Major General Michael Collins. Then well have a larger Panel Discussion that looks at apollo and then also how it can inform the future of space diplomacy. But first, i would like to say thank you for coming to recognize special guests we have here today. The Collins Family and friends. Thank you for joining us. And i would l
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
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