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The Apollo 1 fire prompted NASA to redesign the spacecraft’s hatch, which is on display at the National Air and Space Museum. Astronauts could unlatch the entire assembly by activating a pump handle and then pushing open the combined unit.

December 21, 2022

The Tragic Day on Pad 34

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

More than 50 years ago, a fire killed three Apollo astronauts. My grandfather was there.   

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A view of the Earth's horizon looks across a cloudy Pacific Ocean. An  artist’s concept Orbit Fab supertanker satellite is in the upper left.

December 21, 2022

Fill ’Er Up

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Ambitious plans for gas stations in space could extend the lives of satellites

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A pale gray Viper helicopter gunship, bristling with weapons pods, lifts off the USS Boxer.

December 21, 2022

Up to Speed

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

What's new in aviation and space.

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Robert McCall’s famous painting for 2001: A Space Odyssey depicts a vast wheel-shaped space station spinning in space.

December 21, 2022

Visions of Space Stations

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Artists have envisioned stunning possibilities of our futures in space, from living on distant worlds to constructing orbiting fuel depots. many of these paintings, drawings, and even models can be found in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum.

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Portrait of Curator Russ Lee with the Loving WR-3 hanging in the entrance of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

December 21, 2022

Neal Loving Shared His Love of Flying and Soared Over Obstacles

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The Loving WR-3 was a roadable airplane designed and built by Neal V. Loving, an aeronautical engineer and pilot.

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December 21, 2022

In Case of Emergency

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

For the Lindberghs  flying over vast stretches of water and wilderness in the early 1930s, reliable radio equipment was a necessity.

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Apollo 13 crew members aboard the USS Iwo Jima, on April 17, 1970.

December 21, 2022

Calm, Cool, and Collected

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

This review of Apollo astronaut Fred Haise's autobiography provides a detailed account of Apollo 13, which he flew with crew mates Jim Lovell and Jack Swigert. 

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Wilbur, Orville and Katharine Wright

December 20, 2022

How The Wright Family Helped Make the Wright Brothers Innovators

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 The Wrights’ family helped to shape them into the enterprising aeronautical engineers we know them as today.  

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Wilbur Wright Flying past New York

December 19, 2022

You Just Invented the Airplane, Now What?

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If you were the Wright brothers, you would turn your attention not to perfecting your flying skills but securing a patent and finding customers for their groundbreaking invention.

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A space capsule is seen at the forefront of the frame while the Earth and Moon is visible in the background.

December 16, 2022

Why Has It Been 50 Years Since Humans Went to the Moon?

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When the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 50 years ago, they were the last humans to visit the Moon. NASA’s Artemis program is set to return humans to the Moon, but not for two to three years from now. Why has it taken more than five decades to send humans back to the Moon?

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