Tag: National Air and Space Museum
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Blue Origin donates historic New Shepard booster and space capsule to Smithsonian
An artist’s conception shows how Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster, emblazoned with a faded feather, would be displayed at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. (Smithsonian Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has donated a New Shepard rocket booster, plus a New Shepard capsule, to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The…
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You can weigh in on spaced-out designs for Smithsonian’s Bezos Learning Center
Firm C’s concept for the Bezos Learning Center is meant to evoke a spaceship. (Image via NASM) The design selection process for the Bezos Learning Center planned at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum may sound a bit like “America’s Got Talent” for architects — but the $130 million prize is well beyond…
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How the Air and Space Museum signed up for a SpaceShipOne tribute to Paul Allen
The SpaceShipOne rocket plane is illuminated in blue light at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The Saturday night lighting served as a tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who backed the prize-winning SpaceShipOne project. (NASM / Steven VanRoekel Photo) It wasn’t just Seattle’s skyline that turned blue on Saturday…