Modernization (1950-1975)

S. Paul Johnston, director of the National Air and Space Museum, stands to the left of an exhibit of satellites, showing their orbits around the earth, prepared by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 1965, NASM established an Astronautics Department and began a cooperative exhibit program with NASA to educate visitors about rocketry and space technology.
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
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satellite
Exhibit on Satellites showing their
orbits around the earth
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