Space memorabilia & science fiction curator at National Air and Space Museum. Wrote Space Craze; Right Stuff, Wrong Sex; and Pluto's Secret. Opinions my own.
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ALT Astronaut William Anders, wearing a white Apollo spacesuit, adjusts his snoopy cap during preparations for the Apollo 8 mission.
ALT Earthrise image captured from lunar orbit, showing Earth's vibrant blue and white appearance contrasted against the barren, grey lunar foreground.
ALT Astronaut Tom Stafford I a white gemini spacesuit and helmet, sitting in a chair during Suit Up training.
ALT Margaret A. Weitekamp is chair of the Space History department at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. She curates the Social and Cultural History of Spaceflight Collection encompassing some five thousand pieces of space memorabilia and science fiction objects. Seen here standing in front of rocket engines.
ALT Margaret A. Weitekamp is chair of the Space History department at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. She curates the Social and Cultural History of Spaceflight Collection encompassing some five thousand pieces of space memorabilia and science fiction objects. Seen here standing in front of rocket engines.
ALT Merlin Engine positioned upright and photographed in a behind-the-scenes area.
ALT Metal grid fin in a checked pattern, standing upright and photographed in a behind-the-scenes area.
ALT Kathy Sullivan, Anna Fisher, Rhea Seddon, and Margaret Weitekamp sit in chairs during a panel discussion.
