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The Smithsonian’s Margaret Weitekamp, PhD \u201901, ties spaceflight to its role in turbo-charging the human imagination<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Smithsonian curator Margaret Weitekamp, PhD \u201901<\/a>, it\u2019s not a contradiction for a model of an Apollo<\/em> capsule to share gallery space with the starship Enterprise<\/em>. In fact, it\u2019s kind of the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weitekamp is chair of the space history department at the National Air and Space Museum<\/a> in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her office on one of the facility\u2019s upper floors, her desk and bookcases are stacked with tomes on spaceflight, astronaut autobiographies, and coffee-table volumes on rockets and spacecraft. The walls are decorated with framed photos of Earth as viewed from space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The north entrance on the National Mall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But there are also keepsakes from another type of space travel\u2014the imagined kind\u2014such as \u201cStar Trek\u201d and Star Wars<\/em> collectibles, models, and souvenirs that reflect her longtime love (and academic study) of science fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a recurring theme in American culture, this fascination with space exploration; it\u2019s persistent, but constantly evolving,\u201d says Weitekamp, whose most recent book is The Space Craze<\/em><\/a>: America\u2019s Enduring Fascination with Real and Imagined Spaceflight<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s a cultural force for how we understand ourselves and what we project about what might be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A tiny slice of Weitekamp’s space-themed memorabilia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The museum, which opened on the Mall to great fanfare during the Bicentennial summer of 1976, is marking its 50th anniversary in 2026. It remains one of D.C.\u2019s\u2014and the nation\u2019s\u2014most popular, seeing about four million visitors each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s a recurring theme in American culture, this fascination with space exploration; it\u2019s persistent, but constantly evolving.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Among its iconic holdings are the original 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh\u2019s\u00a0Spirit of St. Louis<\/em> monoplane, Chuck Yeager\u2019s Bell X-1<\/em>, and John Glenn\u2019s Mercury\u00a0Friendship 7<\/em>\u00a0spacecraft. There’s even a lunar rock sample, brought back by the crew of Apollo 17, that visitors can touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Air and Space Museum Archives<\/figcaption>
President Gerald Ford gets a tour on opening day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Weitekamp curates the museum\u2019s holdings on the social and cultural history of spaceflight: more than 5,000 objects and specimens, many of which are real-world space program artifacts and memorabilia, like medals and mission patches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the museum\u2019s iconic holdings are the original 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh\u2019s Spirit of St. Louis<\/em>, Chuck Yeager\u2019s Bell X-1<\/em>, and John Glenn\u2019s Friendship 7<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But the collection also boasts a wealth of science fiction ephemera, such as the 11-foot model of the Enterprise<\/em> used in the opening shots of the original 1960s \u201cStar Trek\u201d TV show; Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon toys from the 1930s; cookie jars shaped like Mercury capsules; an Atari \u201cAsteroids\u201d video game cartridge; comic books and graphic novels; and a Buzz Lightyear action figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark Avino \/ Smithsonian Institution<\/figcaption>
Milestones of Flight Hall includes a lunar module …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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… and the renovated Futures in Space gallery is home to a Blue Origin New Shepard<\/em> capsule.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun to walk through the galleries,\u201d she says, \u201cand watch people experiencing things that you\u2019ve taken years to put together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a child visiting Florida, Weitekamp got to witness the June 1983 launch of the space shuttle Challenger<\/em>\u2014a historic event that made Sally Ride the first American woman to fly in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After undergrad at the University of Pittsburgh, Weitekamp earned her doctorate in history on the Hill; her dissertation became her first book, Right Stuff, Wrong Sex<\/em><\/a>: America\u2019s First Women in Space Program.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While at Cornell, she landed a Mellon fellowship at NASA\u2019s history office in D.C.\u2014and found time to make numerous visits to the nearby Air and Space Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI saw a lot of connections between the way that space flight had been imagined and the way that it was being executed,\u201d she says, noting that many of the space program\u2019s pioneers had grown up as devoted science fiction fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fellowship, and her growing interest in the lived culture of space exploration, led her to create a first-year writing seminar on space history and science fiction that she taught on the Hill. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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With then-President Hunter Rawlings at her PhD hooding ceremony during Commencement 2001.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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(An image of the titular ship from \u201cStar Trek: Voyager\u201d graced the cover of the course packet.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weitekamp taught women\u2019s studies at Hobart and William Smith in Geneva, NY, for several years before joining Air and Space as its curator of popular culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her role has sometimes required unexpected skills: she once had to attend hours of meetings to figure out the most viable way to bring a 14,000-pound space shuttle engine into a gallery without cracking the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a child visiting Florida, Weitekamp got to witness the June 1983 launch of the space shuttle Challenger<\/em>\u2014a historic event that made Sally Ride the first American woman to fly in space.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For nearly a decade, the museum has been undergoing renovations of its 20 supersized galleries, IMAX theater, planetarium, exterior, and entrances, all while remaining open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost all the work will be finished by July, in time to celebrate not only the museum\u2019s 50th birthday, but the nation\u2019s 250th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark Avino \/ Smithsonian Institution<\/figcaption>
A World War II-era aircraft is reassembled in one of the renovated galleries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Weitekamp served on the design team that focused on the concourses\u2014the common areas that tie the visitor experience together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got quotes from figures like Sally Ride in the floor,\u201d she says. \u201cYou walk downstairs, and someone\u2019s taking a picture of their feet next to a quote that they particularly like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: Weitekamp in the museum’s main atrium. (Joe Wilensky \/ Cornell University)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published June 11, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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