BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race

DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 114: (a) Space Race:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. GAL114_971113_07.JPG: Viking Lander (proof test article): First Spacecraft to Operate on the Surface of Mars: On July 20 and September 3, 1976, two identical Viking spacecraft successfully landed on Mars. The Viking landers were the first spacecraft to conduct prolonged scientific studies on the surface of another planet. Instruments aboard the spacecraft provided valuable information on the Martian atmosphere and surface until late 1982. Biological experiments carried out on the Viking landers did not detect signs of life or any of the organic compounds that are abundant on Earth. The Viking lander displayed here is a "proof test article" used on Earth to simulate the behavior of the actual landers and to test their responses to radio commands.
2. GAL114_971113_12.JPG: Air & Space Museum; V-2 rocket This is a V-2 rocket hanging from the ceiling in one of the Air & Space Museum halls. They rained down on Britain during World War II.
3. GAL114_971113_13.JPG: Air & Space Museum; Lunar module & Capitol This is a mock-up of the lunar landing module. Through the window, you can see a nighttime shot of the Capitol building.
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Description of Subject Matter: Space Race
May 16, 1997 – March 27, 2022
This major exhibition traces the competition in space between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union from its origins in the 1950s to the recent international cooperation. Objects include a Soyuz TM-10 spacecraft, a Kosmos 1443 "Merkur" spacecraft, and a space suit made for the never-accomplished mission to land a Russian on the Moon. The exhibition is divided into the following sections:
* Military Origins of the Space Race examines the rivalry to develop rockets powerful enough to send thermo-nuclear warheads across the globe.
* Secret Eyes in Space reveals long-secret reconnaissance projects and includes the recently declassified "Corona" spy satellite camera.
* Racing to the Moon looks at the public accomplishments of both countries and includes the Soviet "Krechet" lunar space suit and the Apollo space suit.
* Exploring the Moon looks at the equipment developed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth, to perform chemical analyses of the soil, and to do other scientific experiments and includes an Apollo Lunar Landing Module.
* A Permanent Presence in Space looks at the efforts of both countries to establish permanent space stations for continued scientific discovery and the beginning of an era of cooperation in space.
* Fifty Years of Human Spaceflight examines how the Soviet Union and the United States raced to launch the first humans into space in 1961, during the Cold War.
* Repairing the Hubble Space Telescope features the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR), which corrected the optics of the telescope in 1993.
Objects include:
* Skylab Orbital Workshop
* German V-1 "buzz bomb" and V 2 missile
* Soviet and U.S. spacecraft and space suits
* Full-size test version of the Hubble Space Telescope
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