Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: The Walt Disney designed--and General Electric sponsored--look at America’s figurative and literal electric future, Progressland, wowed visitors at the 1964 World’s Fair--and elements of it exist today in both Disneyland and Disney World theme parks.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption=""Voyager," the first aircraft to fly around the world without landing or refueling, is being lifted into place in the south gallery of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), The craft, which has a wingspan of 108 feet, was separated into five sections and transported from the Paul E. Garber Facility in Suitland,
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
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="299" caption="Hanging from the walls of the National Air and Space Museum, the U.S. flag loomed large and proud over the podium at the July 20 celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first lunar landing, President George H.W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle joined the three Apollo 22 astronauts- Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins
Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian
Description: You can help the Smithsonian produce a 9 CD Hip Hop & Rap Anthology in a newly launched Kickstarter, and if you kick in $100 or more, you'll get a digital-only track! The material in the anthology was produced with an advisory board comprised of members of the hip-hop community including artists Chuck D, MC Lyte, Questlove and 9th Wonder. [via billboard]The Smithsonian
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="294" caption="Rocket Row along the West Side of the Arts and Industries Building before the National Air and Space Museum was built. The four missiles on exhibit are: From left to right, the Jupiter C, which launched Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite; the Vanguard; the Polaris, the first U.S. submarine-launched ICBM; and the Atlas,
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