Tag: Museum of Flight
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Museum of Flight rounds up ‘Summer of Space’ goodies for Apollo 11 anniversary
Elysian Brewing’s Space Dust IPA will be sporting space-themed labels this summer. (Elysian Brewing Photo via Museum of Flight) Want a little space history in your beer? Or soda pop? Or chocolate? Seattle brands are banding together to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, with the Museum of Flight leading the…
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‘Destination Moon’ exhibit highlights Apollo history — and Neil Armstrong’s family history as well
Mark Armstrong, one of the sons of Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, checks out the spaceship that his father rode to the moon at the Museum of Flight’s “Destination Moon” exhibit. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) “Destination Moon,” the traveling exhibit making its debut at Seattle’s Museum of Flight this month, puts some of the…
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Celebrating the first man in space and exploring underwater artifacts
(Museum of Flight Image) More than 60 years ago, the world got serious about exploring space. The global fascination with the great beyond led to a massive race between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to hit space travel milestones. In 1961, the Soviet Union became the first country to…
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As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrate
Lisa Young, conservator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, adjusts the gloves that Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin wore on the moon, on display as part of the “Destination Moon” exhibit at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. Aldrin’s helmet and visor can be seen on display, and in the famous moon picture seen in…
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Moon Direct: Mars maverick lays out his low-cost plan to set up lunar bases
Mars Society President Robert Zubrin provides a guided tour of future space missions during a talk at the University of Washington. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) For decades, rocket scientist Robert Zubrin has been a voice crying in the Martian wilderness. But now the president of the Mars Society is pleading the case for a…
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NASA science aircraft using Seattle as base during mission to capture first video of eclipse
NASA’s Gulfstream III science aircraft. (NASA Photo / Carla Thomas) The Museum of Flight in Seattle is no stranger to unique aircraft, and Monday’s total solar eclipse is attracting a special plane from NASA which will offer the first glimpse of the rare event off the coast of Oregon as it collects data. NASA’s Gulfstream III…
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Augmented reality lets you step through Museum of Flight’s portal and onto NASA’s historic 737 jet
Get ready to cross into an interdimensional portal, because one just appeared at Seattle’s Museum of Flight: It’s transporting visitors into an augmented-reality tour of a historic NASA plane. In a style similar to Pokémon GO, the Museum of Flight’s app places a portal onto the screen of a smartphone or tablet, blended in with…
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How Jeff Bezos’ passion for space is inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs and explorers
Jeff Bezos gets his picture taken with students at the Museum of Flight. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited the Museum of Flight this weekend to answer questions from students, the kids did not hold back. “That’s one of the great things about kids,” Bezos said on Saturday. “There are…
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Video: Watch Amazon’s Jeff Bezos talk with kids about Apollo’s space legacy – and share life lessons
Jeff Bezos takes questions from kids at the Museum of Flight. (GeekWire Photo / Chelsey Ballarte) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos came to Seattle’s Museum of Flight today to talk with students about the decades-old rocket engines he rescued from the sea – but he stayed to share some down-to-earth lessons for life on this planet. “Be proud,…
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Apollo moon rocket engines finally fill a place of honor at Museum of Flight
David Concannon, who put together a team to find components from the F-1 rocket engines that sent NASA astronauts on their way to the moon, recounts the adventure at the Museum of Flight with the recovered components in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Almost 50 years after they were fired up, rocket engines that…