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December 12, 1992

A new permanent exhibition, “Where Next, Columbus?” opens at the National Air and Space Museum. This is the final exhibition in the 1992 Quincentenary commemoration of Columbus’ voyages. The exhibition focuses on the challenges and opportunities of the next 500 years of space exploration. It deals largely with the many technical and physiological challenges that humans must overcome to cross vast distances of space or exist on other planets.

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Posted: 12 December 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.