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President Gerald Ford gives remarks and presides over a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the Air & Space Museum on the National Mall.

C-SPAN tours the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C., where we look at Apollo 11's lunar lander, Charles Lindbergh's plane that flew across the Atlantic, the X-15 that Neil Armstrong flew, and much more.

1979 NASA film about the history of efforts to explore Mars including the 1964-1971 Mariner fly-bys and the Viking landings in 1976.

Narrated by Ricardo Montalban, this 1981 NASA film features women employed by NASA in a variety of specialized fields.

A NASA film explains the space shuttle program using a simulated flight of Columbia and emphasizes international cooperation in the program.

A NASA documentary covers the April 12, 1981, launch of the first space shuttle, Columbia.

A 1983 NASA film documents the history of the space agency's achievements from its Oct. 1, 1958 beginning through several early space shuttle missions.

In 1957, the beeps from Sputnik, a small Russian satellite, sent the USSR & US into a space race. Teasel Muir-Harmony of the Air & Space Museum chronicles the history of space travel and how the U.S. landed on the Moon and how we're going back in 20.

C-SPAN's American History TV visits the Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center to get an up-close look at the Space Shuttle Discovery and explore the history of the shuttle program.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.