
Discovery liftoff on April 24, 1990. In the foreground Columbia.
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Off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif. Photo Credit: (NASA)
The acting director of the National Air and Space Museum reflects years later on the rapid grounding of air traffic across the US. Also reopening the airport on October 4, 2001.
The President of the US, the Governor of New York State, Mayor of New York City joining students for the Pledge of Allegiance.
The day is Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026
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73rd signatory of the Artemis Accords.
Chicago, Illinois (bottom center), appears prominently in this nighttime view of the United States—dotted with city lights including Detroit, Michigan; Cincinnati, Ohio; and New York City--taken at approximately 3:38 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above Earth. Credit: NASA
Distribution of the flag presentations began on June 14, 2002, National Flag Day, at a special ceremony held at the American Museum of Natural History's Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York.
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The piece of metal with the American flag on it in this image of a NASA rover on Mars is made of aluminum recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers in the weeks after their destruction. The piece serves as a cable guard for the rock abrasion tool on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as well as a memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. An identical piece is on the twin rover, Opportunity.
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