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Margaret Weitekamp

Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp curates the Museum's social and cultural dimensions of spaceflight collection, more than 4,000 artifacts that include space memorabilia and space science fiction objects. These everyday mementos of the space age – which include toys and games, clothing and stamps, medals and awards, buttons and pins, as well as comics and trading cards – complete the story about spaceflight told by the Museum's collection of space hardware and technologies.

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We’re Living in a New Era for Women in Space, On Screen and Off

Read an excerpt from the new book, "Space Craze," by Smithsonian space historian Margaret Weitekamp

Michael Collins' NASA astronaut portrait.

Remembering Michael Collins

An R2-D2 action figure issued for The Empire Strikes Back. Credit: National Air and Space Museum.

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NASA's Project Mercury astronauts on April 9, 1959. Known as the Mercury Seven or Original Seven, they are (front row, left to right) Walter M.

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Star Trek Starship Enterprise studio model used in filming the original 1960s television series. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, NASM2016-02678

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Arthur C. Clarke poses for a photo beneath a sign advertising the motion picture

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