During the Cold Wars, the United States and USSR looked toward space for ways to spy on one another for the purposes of maintaining National Security and technological superiority. This group of objects represent some of the early advances in space-based reconnaissance during the Space Race.
National Security Space
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Core, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
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Shell, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
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Recorder, Tape Recorder, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
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Dye Marker, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
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Battery, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
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Transponder, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
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Junction Box, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
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Biocapsule, Primate
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Cradle, Primate
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Biocapsule, Primate
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Cradle, Primate, Baker
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Reentry Capsule, Satellite, Discoverer XIII
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Reentry Capsule Parachute, Satellite, Discoverer XIII
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Reentry Capsule, Cover and Screws/Bolts, Satellite, Discoverer XIII
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Camera, Rocket-Borne
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Satellite, Tanks, Propellant Storage, Agena
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Model, Wind Tunnel, X-20 Dyna-Soar
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Sensor, Infrared, Series III, Missile Defense Alarm System
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Model, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, 1:30
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Tank, Helium, Agena-D, Reentered
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Horizon Sensor, Satellite, Agena
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Model, Space Plane, Wind Tunnel, X-20 Dyna-Soar
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Tank, Propellant, Spacecraft, Agena
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- filter Instruments 29 Exclude Instruments
- filter Payloads 29 Exclude Payloads
- filter Photographic equipment 20 Exclude Photographic equipment
- filter Components (objects) 12 Exclude Components (objects)
- filter Models 9 Exclude Models
- filter Crewed spacecraft 8 Exclude Crewed spacecraft
- filter Testing equipment 6 Exclude Testing equipment
- filter Rockets 4 Exclude Rockets
- filter Equipment 3 Exclude Equipment
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- filter National Air and Space Museum Collection 83 Exclude National Air and Space Museum Collection
- filter Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA 25 Exclude Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- filter James S. McDonnell Space Hangar 22 Exclude James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- filter National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC 4 Exclude National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- filter RTX Living in the Space Age Hall 3 Exclude RTX Living in the Space Age Hall
- filter Rockets & Missiles 3 Exclude Rockets & Missiles
- filter Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall 1 Exclude Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall
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