Results for "John H. Glenn Lecture"
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See Here: 8/19/2010
- Date: August 19, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Visitors viewing "Friendship 7" in the Quonset Hut of the National Air and Space Museum in the South Yard, "Friendship 7" is the Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit the Earth, On February 20, 1962, Glenn circled the Earth three times, late 1960s - c. 1975, by
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Link Love: 9/3/2010
- Date: September 3, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="190" caption="Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, February 1962, NASA on the Commons."][/caption] NASA has joined the Flickr Commons! Go and check out some of their historical images. Our readers and Flickr
You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
- Date: August 22, 2019
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been man’s best friend. In honor of writing a second blog for National Dog Day, let’s take a look at the pooches that pop up around the Smithsonian Institution.[view:sia_slideshow==87224]Related Resources"Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo," The Bigger Picture"Me
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Mourning National Disaster at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
- Date: January 28, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.