The Pop Culture of Space with Dr. Margaret Weitekamp

Flight Deck Podcast by The Museum of Flight

Oct 8, 202500:39:09Technology

The idea of living and working in space has acted as inspiration for stories for thousands of years. Dr. Margaret Weitekamp is a curator and chair of the space history department at the Smithsonian National Air and Space...

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