Summary: From when it started in 1981, MTV used an iconic neon scribbled astronaut as its channel ID for years. And even today the award you get when you win a VMA is a statuette of an Apollo era astronaut, but why is MTV obsessed with the Moonman? And why do we have <a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/award-statue-mtv-video-music-awards-flown/nasm_A20080038000" target="_blank">two of </a>those <a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/award-statue-mtv-video-music-awards-blank/nasm_A20080039000" target="_blank">statuettes</a> in our collection? We're digging into the history of cable's giant leap, today on AirSpace Thanks to our guest in this episode: Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, National Air and Space Museum Space History Chair <a href="https://mailchi.mp/si/pv19rtra9m" target="_blank">Sign up here</a> for the monthly AirSpace newsletter AirSpace is made possible by the generous support of Olay.
