An Interview With Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin, the second human to set foot on the Moon, recalls the Apollo 11 mission and how one felt tip pen helped the astronauts successfully return to Earth. Today we honor the 50th anniversary...
20 Jul 201917min
Failure is Not an Option: Jerrie Cobb and the First Women Astronaut Trainees, Part 2
Jerrie Cobb and the women behind the Women in Space program unsuccessfully lobbied Congress in 1962 to include women in astronaut training, but they still led the way for women’s inclusion in the aero...
10 Jul 201916min
Failure is Not An Option: The Story of Jerrie Cobb and the First Women Astronaut Trainees, Part 1
When the United States was lagging behind the Soviet Union in the race to space, the Soviet space agency announced plans to send women into space, which spurred American astronaut trainers to consider...
25 Jun 201914min
Failure is Not an Option: Interview with NASA Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger
Our interview with NASA astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, part of our series titled Failure is Not an Option, asks crowd sourced questions to reveal what life is like in space and how Dottie, as ...
11 Jun 201917min
Your Aerospace Summer Reading List
Librarians for the King County Library System share their picks for the best aviation, space, and flight-related stories to read this summer. Check out their recommendations for your aerospace summer ...
28 Mai 201917min
The Moon Landing Musical
The Museum is hosting its own performance of the Moon Landing musical to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, and our very own Natalie Copeland explains why you need to see it. This summer w...
14 Mai 201914min
Air Traffic Control Part II
Air traffic control has come a long way since the early days of aviation in the 1930s, and our very own Helen Parker Wall takes us back to the technologies that evolved to create the current state of ...
30 Apr 201911min
SoYeon Yi Part III - From Backup to Primary Astronaut
First Korean astronaut SoYeon Yi tells that story of determination that took her from backup astronaut to primary, securing her place in aerospace history. SoYeon Yi spent a year in the Russian cosmo...
16 Apr 201915min
