Ironically, the artifact that gave it its start is absent a half-century later. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum turned 50 on Wednesday (July 1).
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Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, the first director of the National Air and Space Museum, looks down at his watch as he, President Gerald Ford (at left) and Secretary of the Smithsonian Dillon Ripley await the signal from Mars to trigger a Viking lander arm to cut the ribbon, opening the museum on July 1, 1976.
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Michael Collins looked down at his watch.
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