Space Shuttle Transferred from NASA to NASM

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Summary

The Space Shuttle Enterprise is officially transferred by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to the National Air and Space Museum at a black-tie gala at Dulles International Airport.

Subject

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
  • National Air and Space Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," January 1986, p. 3.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "Robert McC. Adams Chronology."

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

December 6, 1985

Topic

  • Space shuttles
  • Museums
  • Interagency Transfers
  • Space flight
  • Astronautics
  • Museum exhibits
  • Space vehicles

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