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Moving Beyond Earth!
The Lemelson Center’s 2011 New Perspectives on Invention and Innovation symposium marks the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight and explores the role of invention and technology in space exploration and space history. Join us at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on November 18-19.
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