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National Security Space

Air and Space Museum

During the Cold Wars, the United States and USSR looked toward space for ways to spy on one another for the purposes of maintaining National Security and technological superiority. This group of objects represent some of the early advances in space-based reconnaissance during the Space Race.


  • National Air and Space Museum 43 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Instruments 29 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Payloads 29 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Components (objects) 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Testing equipment 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Electrical systems 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Models 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Propulsion systems 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Navigational instruments 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • 1960s 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • United States of America 43 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • National Air and Space Museum Collection 43 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA 18 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • James S. McDonnell Space Hangar 17 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Rockets & Missiles 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Outer space 41 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Spaceflight 41 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Not determined 43 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus

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  • Remove Resource Type: Uncrewed spacecraft close

Core, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Shell, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Recorder, Tape Recorder, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Dye Marker, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Battery, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Transponder, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Junction Box, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Instrument, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere

Reentry Capsule, Satellite, Discoverer XIII

Reentry Capsule Parachute, Satellite, Discoverer XIII

Reentry Capsule, Cover and Screws/Bolts, Satellite, Discoverer XIII

Camera, Rocket-Borne

Satellite, Tanks, Propellant Storage, Agena

Infrared sensor with black and white checkered cone with a ring mount.

Sensor, Infrared, Series III, Missile Defense Alarm System

Tank, Helium, Agena-D, Reentered

Horizon Sensor, Satellite, Agena

Tank, Propellant, Spacecraft, Agena

Sensor, Infrared, Series I, Missile Defense Alarm System (MIDAS)

Camera, Corona, KH-4B

Reentry Capsule, Film Return, Corona

Model, Corona Film Return System

Camera, Lens, Petzval, Corona

Camera, Lens, Index, Corona

Camera, Lens, Index, Corfona

Timer, Interval, Corona Satellite

Battery, Corona Satellite

Mass Memory Controller, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

Bubble Memory, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

Discrete Command, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

Uplink FIFO, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

Sense Amplifier, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

Command Distribution, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

Telemetry Buffer, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

RIU Command FIFO, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite

IOC Sequencer, Microelectronic Hybrid, Milstar Communications Satellite


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