Were back live now at the Smithsonian National air and space museum where the museum today is celebrating its 40th birthday. It was 40 years ago today that president gerald ford dedicated this museum. In about a half hour, well bring you live coverage of the events celebrating that anniversary. In the meantime, we want to hear from you. Our phone lines are open. 2027488900 for those in the eastern or central time zones. If you live out west, 2027488901. Send us a tweet at cspan history or join us on facebook at facebook. Com cspanhistory. As we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. And an example of the evolution of americas Space Shuttle program. And joining us again is valerie neal. We saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. You are the curator, the chair of the space history here at the museum. And lets talk about the shuttle program. No other country had Something Like that. Well, briefly, the
Were back live now at the Smithsonian National air and space museum, where the museum today is celebrating its 40th birthday. It was 40 years ago today that president gerald ford dedicated this museum. In about a half hour, well bring you live coverage of the events celebrating that anniversary. In the meantime, we want to hear from you. Our phone lines are open. 2027488900 for those in the eastern or central time zones. If you live out west, 2027488901. Send us a tweet at cspan history or join us on facebook at facebook. Com cspanhistory. As we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. And an example of the evolution of americas Space Shuttle program. And joining us again is valerie neal. We saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. You are the curator, the chair of the Space History Department here at the museum. And lets talk about the shuttle program. No other country had Something Like that. Well, b
Its a great day to be alive and in america, monday, july fourth, everybody. Happy Independence Day. Necessary the United States air force band ceremonial Brass Quintet. They are celebrating their 70th anniversary stationed at a base in anacostia. They are scheduled to be at the macys fourth of july fireworks. We are specially grateful to all of the veterans and their family members. We want to thank them so much to their sacrifice and service. We have a great show. We say it every day and usually we dont mean it. We are joined by a true American Hero and hunk. He is adorable. His name is chris van etten, a former marine and a model. We will reveal it to you. Arson is here with some great hair style tricks that will take you straight from the pool or the beach to the party. You know that cool beachy hair people love to get. He is going to work his magic and show you how you can get that too. On three different ladies. Dont forget our favorite things. First, flag cupcakes. Need a good ex
Aviation is americas story. We went from the first power controlled man flight to walking on the moon 66 years. The air and space museum shows you exactly that history. Everything that we have as a special significance to the development of aviation and space in this country. I came and saw this aircraft. I remember it so well. As a small boy. My father explaining to me what it was with the first airplane. To ever fly. Here we are in the same room with the planes the Wright Brothers flew. One of the main perpetrator is to preserve the artifacts forever. Sure you can have reproductions or mockups, but here you have the real thing. It did it first or better than anybody else. You have to stop a little bit and think about the story as you view the object. I always find something marvelous, something that completely surprises me. The Discovery Space shuttle is so significant. And it is so quintessential smithsonian. This is the shuttle that has inspired a generation to realize the importan
Cindy good to see you. Welcome back. Randy thank you. Got back to perfect weather. Cindy you did. Olessa he timed it right, didnt he . Cindy the past few days have been really nice. Hopefully you get to enjoy today because it will be nicer. Youll notice how dark it is. Have you noticed our sunrises . They keep getting later and later. The sunrise is at 6 5. By the end of the month on halloween, the sun is up at 7 16. Then we turn the clocks back o halloween night. By november 1, that sunday the sun will be up an hour earlier at 6 17. A sign of the times for sure. Cool this morning. Outside the city, you can see there are a lot of 40s showing up on the north shore. Beverly is at 47. Boston 52. Worcester is 49. Notice we dipped into the upper 0s around norwood. Lower 50s this morning on cape cod. A can couple of patches of fog this morning. These are few and far between. They will burn off pretty quickly. You may encounter a touch of fog here and there this morning. Above that skies are