1957–1975
Space Race & Apollo
Cold War competition drove rapid advances in rockets, satellites, human spaceflight, and the Apollo Moon landings.
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum
Cape Canaveral, FL
A museum within historic launch complexes that preserves the missiles, rockets and facilities of America's early space program.
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Intrepid Museum
New York, NY
Aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid, this waterfront museum brings World War II, Cold War, Vietnam War, aviation, submarine, and spaceflight history together.
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Boston, MA
An I. M. Pei-designed presidential library on Boston Harbor that brings John F. Kennedy’s life, administration, and enduring civic legacy into vivid focus.
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Pima Air & Space Museum
Tucson, AZ
A vast Tucson aviation museum where more than a century of flight is represented by hundreds of historic aircraft spread across hangars and an 80-acre outdoor campus.
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Sands Space History Center
Cape Canaveral, FL
A free public history center introducing the launch complexes, artifacts and military space heritage of Cape Canaveral.
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Titan Missile Museum
Green Valley, AZ
The preserved Titan II launch complex 571-7 offers a rare underground look at the nuclear deterrent systems of the Cold War.
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Cold War competition drove rapid advances in rockets, satellites, human spaceflight, and the Apollo Moon landings.
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