The space sciences collection includes objects ranging from engineering models, components, and prototypes to mockups and models representing the full range of scientific activities performed on space vehicles, including both suborbital and orbital satellites, probes, and landers, as well as missions flown into orbits around other celestial bodies, including the moon, other planets, the Sun, and the Earth’s Lagrangian points. Specific subject matter areas include but are not limited to astrophysics, biology, the earth sciences, geophysics, planetary science, and solar physics. Collections areas also include artifacts from the ground-based sciences that represent the intellectual and technical infrastructure within which the problems addressed by the space sciences are rationalized.
Space Science
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Satellite, Explorer I
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Instrument package, Satellite, Pioneer IV
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Satellite Payload, Explorer I Instrument Package Display Mock-Up
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Satellite, Explorer I
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Photo-Mosaic, Aerobee
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Satellite, Pioneer I, Reconstructed Replica
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Satellite, Pioneer V, Reconstructed Replica
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Satellite, Explorer 6, Reconstructed Replica
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Model, Telescope, Stratoscope II, 1:6
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Lunar Lander, Surveyor, Engineering Mock Up, Misc Parts
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Model, Lunar Lander, Surveyor, 1/5 Scale
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Lunar Lander, Surveyor, Soil Mechanics Surface Sampler
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Lunar Lander, Surveyor (T-21), Soil Mechanics/Surface Sampler
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Camera, Lunar Lander, Surveyor, Variable Focal Length and Iris Assembly
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Soil Sampler, Lunar Lander, Surveyor
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Leg Pad, Lunar Lander, Surveyor, Mockup
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Shutter, Camera, Lunar Lander, Surveyor
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Structure, Lunar Orbiter
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Satellite, AOSO, Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory, Flight Model
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Lunar Lander, Surveyor
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Lunar Orbiter, Engineering Mock-up
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Recorder, Data, Surveyor
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Recorder, Tape, Explorer 3
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Lunar Lander, Surveyor, T-21 Prototype
Facets
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Resource Type
- filter Scientific instruments 205 Exclude Scientific instruments
- filter Uncrewed spacecraft 157 Exclude Uncrewed spacecraft
- filter Components (objects) 78 Exclude Components (objects)
- filter Models 53 Exclude Models
- filter Equipment 28 Exclude Equipment
- filter Instruments 27 Exclude Instruments
- filter Payloads 25 Exclude Payloads
- filter Electrical systems 14 Exclude Electrical systems
- filter Photographic equipment 14 Exclude Photographic equipment
- filter Testing equipment 11 Exclude Testing equipment
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Set Name
- filter National Air and Space Museum Collection 443 Exclude National Air and Space Museum Collection
- filter Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA 118 Exclude Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- filter National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC 45 Exclude National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- filter Space Science 40 Exclude Space Science
- filter Boeing Aviation Hangar 39 Exclude Boeing Aviation Hangar
- filter James S. McDonnell Space Hangar 23 Exclude James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- filter Rockets & Missiles 16 Exclude Rockets & Missiles
- filter U.S. National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe 14 Exclude U.S. National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe
- filter Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery 10 Exclude Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery
- filter RTX Living in the Space Age Hall 9 Exclude RTX Living in the Space Age Hall
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Topic
- filter Science 205 Exclude Science
- filter Outer space 123 Exclude Outer space
- filter Spaceflight 114 Exclude Spaceflight
- filter Photography 16 Exclude Photography
- filter Electronic apparatus and appliances 11 Exclude Electronic apparatus and appliances
- filter Human spaceflight 5 Exclude Human spaceflight
- filter Moon 3 Exclude Moon
- filter Aeronautics 2 Exclude Aeronautics
- filter Navigation 2 Exclude Navigation
- filter Air traffic control 1 Exclude Air traffic control
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