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Q&A: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum

Q&A: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum

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April 6, 20261h 2m

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Show Notes

The Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum's Jennifer Levasseur discusses the history of the 135-mission Space Shuttle program (1981-2011), its accomplishments, and two tragic failures that led to the deaths of 14 shuttle astronauts. Ms. Levasseur, the curator in charge of the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, where this interview took place, also takes us on a tour of the shuttle orbiter.

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