Located in the historic hometown of Neil Armstrong, the Armstrong Air & Space Museum celebrates Ohio’s place in space!
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🇺🇸 Happy Flag Day! Old Glory has stood as a silent witness to our nation’s greatest moments of discovery.
Whether fluttering in the breeze or resting quietly on the lunar surface, the US flag reminds us of how far we’ve come and the endless frontiers still left to explore!
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JUNE 11, 1969: On this day in 1969, @NASA formally announced that the Apollo 11 mission would attempt a lunar landing.
The announcement came just weeks after the end of Apollo 10, deemed a highly successful testing mission for the lunar landing.
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A great news story from @nbc4i featuring the museum and our America 250 library program!
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Artemis III will have some interesting parallels to Apollo 9.
Artemis III is scheduled to test lunar landing systems and mission procedures, just like Apollo 9.
Artemis III will also remain in Earth orbit following a crewed mission around the Moon, again like Apollo 9!
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The Artemis III crew has been announced! Scheduled for 2027, the crew will remain in Earth orbit to test and dock with the Human Landing System.
- Commander Randy Bresnik
- Pilot Luca Parmitano 🇮🇹
- Mission Specialist Frank Rubio
- Mission Specialist Andre Douglas
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Happy 94th birthday to former NASA astronaut David Scott!
Born June 6, 1932, Scott participated in several groundbreaking missions, including Gemini VIII and Apollo 15, where he became the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
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New commemorative passport stamps for America 250! 🇺🇸
The museum is offering these limited-edition stamps for your National Park Service and Ohio History Passports.
The America 250 stamps are only here for 2026, so plan your museum visit and add to your collection!
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JUNE 4, 1962: Test pilot Neil Armstrong submitted his astronaut application to NASA. Armstrong was officially selected three months later for the second group of American astronauts.
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“I feel like a million dollars.”
– Ed White
On this day in 1965, astronaut Ed White made history by completing America’s first spacewalk during the Gemini IV mission.
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Hey, that’s us! ☄️
#MeteorSighting: Eyewitnesses in Ohio and Michigan reported a bright meteor on Monday, June 1, at 10:41p.m. EDT. The data puts first detection of the fireball above the Ohio area near Lima. The meteor moved north-northwest at approximately 49,900 mph before disintegrating above the area just west of Lansing, Michigan.
More on this fireball: fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/skyfa…
Eyewitness accounts supplied by the American Meteor Society
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Thank you to everyone who came out for our outdoor movie night, part of Ohio Goes to the Movies!
There’s still plenty of amazing events in partnership with @AM250Ohio coming up, check them out and come celebrate!
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Tonight! We’ll see you at the movies 🍿
As part of “Ohio Goes to the Movies” for America 250-Ohio, Armstrong Air & Space Museum is hosting a FREE outdoor screening of “Apollo 11” (2019).
Free popcorn while supplies last. Bring chairs/blankets! Museum open 10 AM–9 PM before the show 🎥🍿
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We're continuing to honor the 2025 #OMAAward winners on the OMA blog, with today's spotlight on Logan Rex from @armstrongspace, winner of Emerging Professional of the Year. buff.ly/HckuVWh
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On May 27, 1947, Neil Armstrong graduated from Blume High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio, at the age of 16.
Armstrong was active in extracurricular activities at Blume. He participated in band, student council, glee club, and in the class play.
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Today, we recognize Sally Ride on what would have been her 75th birthday. Ride made history as America's first woman in space aboard STS-7 in 1983.
In 2022, Ride was featured on the reverse side of the quarter as part of the US Mint's American Women program.
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On this day in 1961, President Kennedy declared that America would land a human on the Moon before the decade is out.
The ambitious goal came just weeks after NASA sent the country’s first astronaut on a 15-minute sub-orbital mission.
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Former NASA astronaut John Fabian passed away on May 21 at the age of 87. A Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Fabian flew on two Space Shuttle missions, including STS-7, the historic flight that carried Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
JOHN FABIAN
1939 — 2026
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We know a thing or two about living and working in a Moon Base 😎
We're building a Moon Base!
@NASAMoonBase will serve as a habitat where astronauts live and work during long-term science missions.
Join us at 2pm ET on Tuesday, May 26, for a live news event where we’ll share updates on our lunar exploration plans: go.nasa.gov/4uinkLi
ALT An artist's concept depicting two suited astronauts working on the lunar surface. One is standing next to a surface light, while the other is kneeling; equipment, including rovers and habitations, dot the hilly landscape surrounding them. Credit: NASA
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On this day in 1969, the Saturn V rocket rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center.
The Apollo 11 crew was there for the historic rollout and posed for photos with their 363-foot-tall ride to the Moon.
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Now through Labor Day, the museum is offering FREE ADMISSION to active duty military and their immediate family as part of the Blue Star Museum program.
Our museum is just one of hundreds of museums who participate in this amazing nationwide program.
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