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Transform the modern world. When this Museum Opened in july every to back on display had recently been on the move. This was very much a museum of contemporary spaceflight and for most people, their first chance to see what had been lauded in 1960s and 70s during this heroic age of Space Exploration when humans first went off the planet into space and all the way to the main. When the United States and the soviet union began sending craft out to export the nearby planets. All of this was excitin...

Our guide is curator jeremy kinney, who shows us some of the museums rare and oneofakind artifacts to tell the quest to go higher, faster, and further during the first half century of aviation. Jeremy kinney hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i want to talk about the museum overall. The museum has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work i...

Change and all of that that was happening so fast. So i think our press corps deserves some of that credit. You can catch part two of this interview with Gerald Griffin or explore any of our projects online at cspan. Org history. Apollo 11 snauft Michael Collins and jeff bezo talk about americans in space from its earliyest days. The hour long conversation hosted by the Smithsonian National air and space museum is moderated by billionaire philanthropist david rubenstein. Going, ladies and gentle...

It is directed by an africanamerican and narrated by Ricardo Montalban. [indiscernible talking] Ricardo Montalban there are many things in the history of the world that were thought to be impossible. [indiscernible] Ricardo Montalban as the earth speeds along the sun at 60,000 miles per hour, we are coming to realize more and more many of the obstacles and problems that daily confront us are in reality merely opportunities. Opportunities to break free of ancient taboos. And we are discovering fr...

Up next, we visit the smithsonian air and space museu. Jeremy kinney is a curator who shows us some of the museums prayer and oneofakind artifacts. Hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i would to talk about the museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on ...

Each week, American History tvs reel america brings your archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago on march 16th, 1956, gemini 8 blasted off with Neil Armstrong and david scott on board. It was the sixth manned mission and one of the primary objectives was to rendezvous and dock with the gina spacecraft. This is a 25 minute nasa film, telling the story of a first docking with another aircraft in space and what caused it to violently tumble in space. The astronauts...

Michael collins talked about the american presence in space from its earliest days to blue origin, a privately funded venture designed to make spaceflight more frequent and affordable. The hourlong conversation hosted by the Smithsonian National air and space museum is moderated by David Rubenstein, a billionaire philanthropist. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im the director of the Smithsonians National air and space museum. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the john glenn lecture. We ina...

Man,gled, that every everywoman he meant everyone that regardless of their station in life, regardless of whether or not you agree with him, is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. That the used to say greatest sin of all was the whether power, economic, political, psychological, or physical. I wrote theason why violence against women legislation. He abhorred the notion of the abuse of power. Totally consistent with what his holiness talks about now in our Roman Catholic faith has ta...

I was raised by parents who were the embodiment of catholic social doctrine. And i was taught by the sisters of st. Joseph in high school. Everyone is always welcome in my home. Always welcome in my home. I was taught by my mother that no one was better than me. But that everyone was my equal. I was taught by my father, who man,gled, that every everywoman he meant everyone that regardless of their station in life, regardless of whether or not you agree with him, is entitled to be treated with di...

Thats 14 years from now. We are talking about humans in the martian and environment in the 20 80s. And we are going to do that we are talking about humans in the 2030s. We are going to do that. But there are all kinds of precursors. How many of you saw the movie, the martian . Did you read the book . Those of you who read the book know that mr. Weir in his book gives you what nasa has been doing for the last 40, 50 years. Its called precursors. Every time you turn around we are sending another s...