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  1. Today in 1988: Int'l panel of 100+ scientists assembled by NASA report Earth's ozone depleting at much faster rate than previously thought. about 13 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. Today, 1951: Boeing test pilots refuel a B-47A Stratojet from Boeing KC-97A tanker via refueling boom. Aerial Refueling: http://ow.ly/1kER6 about 14 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. Today in 1956: USAF issues requirement for an air-to-surface missile for the B-52. Resulting missile is the Hound Dog: http://ow.ly/1kEn5 about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. Today in 1968: Modified HL-10 Lifting Body makes its 1st flight. More about lifting bodies, precursors to space shuttle: http://ow.ly/1kEc0 about 16 hours ago via HootSuite
  5. Today in 1932: Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut & artist, was born. Recent art exhibit "Alan Bean: Painting Apollo": http://ow.ly/1kE1x about 17 hours ago via HootSuite
  6. Today in 1942: US Navy accepts Museum's Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher: http://ow.ly/1kDBN Assigned to "USS Indiana" in Pacific, WWII about 18 hours ago via HootSuite
  7. Today, 1935: Winnie Mae's cabin could not be pressurized for high-altitude flight, so Wiley Post wore this pressure suit: http://ow.ly/1kDed about 19 hours ago via HootSuite
  8. Today in 1935: Wiley Post flies Lockheed 5C Vega "Winnie Mae" from Burbank, CA to Cleveland, OH in 7 hrs 19 min: http://ow.ly/1kDb7 about 19 hours ago via HootSuite
  9. Today in 1908: Henri Farman makes 1st flight in his modified Voisin-Farman I-bis biplane. More about Henri Farman: http://ow.ly/1kd5L 1:00 PM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  10. Today in 1960: FAA reports Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport is busiest terminal in US w/10.2M passengers & 431,600 take-offs+landings in 1959. 12:00 PM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  11. Don't miss Kites of Asia Family Day, Sat 3/20: http://ow.ly/1kc2T Smithsonian Kite Festival on National Mall is Sat 3/27: http://ow.ly/1kc56 11:00 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  12. Today in 1927: Pan American Airways is established. More: http://ow.ly/1kdcH 10:30 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  13. Today in 1996: Dorothy Burns of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida becomes the 175-millionth visitor to the National Air and Space Museum. 10:00 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  14. Today in 1994: Lunar spacecraft "Clementine" captures this view of the Moon illuminated by Earth shine: http://ow.ly/1kccx 9:00 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  15. Watch 2008 lecture by Anousheh Ansari, 1st female private space traveler & first 1st Iranian woman in space. http://ow.ly/1kbX5 8:10 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  16. Wednesday 3/17: Anousheh Ansari book signing & Ask an Expert lecture on Barbara Marx Hubbard. Both at Nat'l Mall Bldg: http://ow.ly/1kbpA 8:00 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  17. Today in 1995: Norman Thagard is 1st US astronaut to launch on Soyuz spacecraft+1st on Mir space station. His spacesuit: http://ow.ly/1kaAM 7:40 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  18. Today in 1986: Giotto spacecraft took this photo of the nucleus of Halley's Comet: http://ow.ly/1jfQF Giotto passed w/in 200km of nucleus. 12:00 PM Mar 13th via HootSuite
  19. Today in 1943: Museum's Supermarine Spitfire F. Mk. VIIc, 1 of only 140 high-altitude versions built, left the factory: http://ow.ly/1jgoc 11:00 AM Mar 13th via HootSuite
  20. Today in 1781: the planet Uranus is discovered by British astronomer Sir William Herschel. More about the discovery: http://ow.ly/1jgvo 10:00 AM Mar 13th via HootSuite
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  • Location Washington, DC
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  • Bio The Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum maintains the largest collection of historic air & space objects in the world.
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