{"id":21628,"date":"2022-04-11T16:33:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21628"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:33:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:33:27","slug":"national-air-and-space-museum-receives-25-million-gift-from-raytheon-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/district-of-columbia\/national-air-and-space-museum-receives-25-million-gift-from-raytheon-technologies\/%20","title":{"rendered":"National Air and Space Museum Receives $25 Million Gift from Raytheon Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Artist rendering of the future Raytheon Technologies Living in the Space Age exhibition, scheduled to open at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. in 2025.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has received\na $25 million gift from Raytheon Technologies to support the creation of its\nnew “Living in the Space Age” exhibition. The exhibition is located\nin one of the museum’s three main halls and will show visitors how innovations\nin space technology have transformed their lives, and why it matters. The\n“Raytheon Technologies Living in the Space Age” exhibition is part of\nthe museum’s ongoing transformation of its galleries at the flagship building\nin Washington, D.C., and scheduled to open in 2025. The gift will also sponsor the\nExplainers program, the museum’s frontline program for STEM (science,\ntechnology, engineering and math) engagement with visitors onsite and online.\nThe museum and Raytheon Technologies announced the gift today, April 6, at the\nSpace Foundation’s annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist rendering of the future Raytheon Technologies Living\nin the Space Age exhibition, scheduled to open at the National Air and Space\nMuseum in Washington, D.C. in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 “We are grateful\nfor Raytheon Technologies’ generous support, which is so critical to helping us\nengage more deeply with visitors,” said Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the\nSmithsonian. “This gift will not only help us bring the wonder of the\nspace age to audiences of all ages but am confident it will inspire a greater\ndesire to learn about the STEM disciplines increasingly needed in the dynamic\nworkforce of today and tomorrow.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Raytheon Technologies Living in the Space\nAge” exhibition will provide insight into space hardware and infrastructure\nthat are largely invisible to the public but have a profound impact on their\ndaily lives. The exhibition will explore topics from the beginning of the Space\nAge in the mid-20th century to the present and beyond. It will narrate these\nstories through Space Age objects and the people who build, maintain and use\nthem. The content will include the development of large-scale rocket technology\nduring and after World War II, ballistic missiles that resulted from Cold War\ndevelopment and vehicles that allowed the launching of satellites and\nastronauts into space and space systems for Earth observation, communications\nand navigation. Some of the key artifacts will include the Hubble Space\nTelescope, Skylab Orbital Workshop, Standard Missile-3 and several generations\nof EVA (extravehicular activity) spacesuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“With a renewed focus on space exploration, tomorrow’s\ntechnology solutions will be built on the lessons of what got us to the moon\nand beyond,” said Raytheon Technologies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer\nGreg Hayes. “By working with the Smithsonian to inspire and educate the\nnext generation of innovators, we will accelerate and expand what is possible\non Mars and countless other new frontiers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 11,800-square-foot gallery will be a hub for STEM\nlearning through interactive programming led by the museum’s Explainers. The\nExplainers program hires high school and college students to help visitors\nbetter understand the concepts surrounding the museum’s artifacts and exhibits\nthrough hands-on activities. Explainers host demonstrations, design challenges\nand other activities throughout both of the museum’s locations and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Raytheon Technologies’ transformative gift will help\nus reimagine one of the museum’s most popular galleries for the next generation\nof innovators,” said Chris Browne, acting director of the National Air and\nSpace Museum. “The large-scale artifacts on display in the gallery will\ncreate a powerful sense of awe and allow us to tell stories about how space\nexploration affects us all.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has received a $25 million gift from Raytheon Technologies to support the creation of its new “Living in the Space Age” exhibition. The exhibition is located in one of the museum’s three main halls and will show visitors how innovations in space technology have transformed their lives, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-district-of-columbia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21630,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21628\/revisions\/21630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}