The Apollo 11 astronaut had already beaten the original schedule for this opening by three days, but no one would remember that if these final 36 minutes did not go off on time.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 56740 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-01-2026 09:48 AM
On Tuesday (June 30), director Chris Browne and members of the staff of the National Air and Space Museum had the honor of ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of the 50th anniversary.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 56740 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-01-2026 03:52 PM
Smithsonian photos from this morning's rededication ceremony.
The first photo shows the dedication plaque with (left to right): Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator; Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Amanda Wright Lane, great-grandniece of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright; Ellen Stofan, Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian Institution; and Christopher Browne, John and Adrienne Mars Director of the National Air and Space Museum.
posted 06-30-2026 11:01 PM
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