BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (b) Exploring the Planets

DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 205: (b) Exploring the Planets:

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1. GAL205_230108_09.JPG: The planets circling our Sun are as amazing as they are diverse. Since the turn of the century, we've learned there are many more planets beyond our solar system, circling their own stars. Come discover our planetary neighborhood -- as if from interstellar space, moving in toward our Sun. This "outside-in" perspective is how we may someday explore other solar systems.
2. GAL205_230108_30.JPG: Imagining Planets For hundreds of years, people thought life could exist nearly everywhere in our solar system. Discoveries made by spacecraft missions to the planets changed that views.
3. GAL205_230108_36.JPG: The Hammer and the Feather, 1986 Alan Bean Apollo 12 astronaut and artist Alan Bean portrayed David Scott on Apollo 15 performing an experiment whose legacy goes back over four centuries to Galileo. Scott dropped a hammer and feather simultaneously to confirm that they accelerate downward at the same rate in the absence of air. (Reproduction)
4. GAL205_230108_39.JPG: The Exploration of Mars, 1956 Chesley Bonestell Interest in planetary visitation and exploration was spurred in the 1950s by the writings of Wernher von Braun, Willy Ley and others, and the fabulous illustrations of Chesley Bonestell.
5. GAL205_230108_50.JPG: Voyager Record Cover Voyager 1 and 2 both carried a metal record, similar to a phonograph record, containing information about Earth and the life on it. The markings on its cover are intended to inform advanced alien beings how to decode the information on the record. This is a duplicate cover.
6. GAL205_230108_53.JPG: Carl Sagan 1934-1996 Astronomer with a Lust for Life
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Description of Subject Matter: Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery
October 14, 2022 – Permanent
The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery probes the science and history of our exploration of planets and moons. This exhibition tells the stories of the diversity of worlds circling our Sun and how exploring those worlds helps enhance our own understanding of Earth. Exploring the Planets draws on research from scientists in the Museum’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, who are actively involved in current planetary missions.
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2023 photos: Equipment this year: My old staples the Fuji XS-1 and Nikon D7000. In April, I bought a Google Pixel 7 Pro since DigitalReview.Com said it was the top camera smartphone and it wasn't an iPhone (so it's not evil). In June, I took the plunge and bought a mirrorless Nikon Z-5 camera. The only trip so far this year: (May) a visit to see Dad and Dixie in Asheville, NC and visit with some friends in Brevard.
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