It’ll be a disappointing summer for air show lovers since the Offutt Air Show was canceled because of the sequestration, but the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland helped fill that void a little Saturday with Helicopter Day. It's a sight many children love to watch but don't often get to see, a helicopter taking off. “When you're 9-an…

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        Friday, April 19. 8:00-11:00PM. Strategic Air & Space Museum front sidewalk To observe Astronomy Day, the Strategic Air & Space Museum will be hosting our biggest “Star Party” of the year on Friday, April 19.  Starting at 8:00PM, our friends with the Omaha Astronomical Society will be settin…

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The North Platte Area Children's Museum was filled with excitement  on Friday, March 29, 2013. The North Platte Area Children's Museum partnered with the Strategic Air & Space Museum to bring a day full of discovery. “Education is so important. I think our schools have so many budget cuts anymore and there are a lot of programming that l…

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Later this year, we are anticipating the brightest comet in 500 years (Comet ISON). Before the main course, however, you have the opportunity to enjoy a little appetizer. The Strategic Air & Space Museum is hosting a special Star Party on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, from 7:30 to 10:00PM for all to enjoy faint views of Comet PanSTARRS. Throughout…

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ASHLAND -- The 25 missions he made off the Mediterranean Coast -- at night, flying into flak, pursued by German fighters -- would change modern warfare methods and make him a pioneer, performing a role that now seems so elementary but was, 70 years ago, top-secret and revolutionary. First, though, Roger Ihle has a few stories to share. Like h…

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ASHLAND -- The latest exhibit at the Strategic Air and Space Museum is a little dim, a little cramped, a little confusing. And soon, a little musty -- once they find the proper prepackaged scent. And maybe even a little frightening, with a 12,000-pound thermonuclear bomb, a wall-sized photo of a mushroom cloud, a Minuteman missile launcher an…

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ASHLAND -- Its exact duty service is unclear, but the Douglas C-54 now ensconced in the Durham Restoration Gallery at the Strategic Air and Space Museum clearly has seen hazardous duty since retirement. The four-engine cargo plane is one of 1,164 Skymasters built in seven variants between 1942 and 1947 and was an adaptation of the Douglas DC-4 c…

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The Strategic Air and Space Museum may just have kick started the careers of the next generation of NASA scientists. The kids, along with their parents and grandparents, made rockets and then launched them on Saturday. They then could make improvements and try again. The kids learned some engineering, physics and how to overcome a setback. "The …

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One common objective for undergraduate science classes is to have students learn how to do scientific inquiry. However, often in science laboratory classes, students learn to take data, analyze the data, and come to conclusions, but they are told what to study and do not have the opportunity to ask their own research questions, a crucial part of sc…

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The Strategic Air & Space Museum requested the assistance of area students with designing full color art work for the Museum's 2012 holiday greeting cards.  This year's theme was Robot Wonderland. The winning art works will grace the cover of the holiday cards that are sent out by the Strategic Air & Space Museum. Below are the winning…

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