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The Space History Division is the focal point for the
space-related historical research, collecting, and exhibit work of the
Museum. Curators and staff within the department research and publish;
engage in public outreach through exhibitions, lectures, and other means;
and collect and manage the care of rocket and space
artifacts in the Museum's collection. The Division embodies
the Museum's mission to preserve, understand, and communicate the history
of rocketry and space exploration as part of the larger story of United
States and world history.
As a museum, our special strength is documenting this history through
our artifacts. The Museum possesses an unparalleled collection that preserves
many facets of rocketry and space exploration undertaken by the United
States and, to a lesser degree, other countries. Our artifacts cover programs
and technology created for human spaceflight, rocketry and missiles, computers
and avionics, commercial satellites, military space, space sciences, ground-
and space-based astronomy, and foreign space programs. These artifacts
are on display in a number of venues: the Museum on the National Mall,
the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, and, through the Division's active
loan program, at museums throughout the United States and around the world.
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