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Friday roundup: Places we want to go

03/20/26

Amsterdam: to see Andy Warhol textiles We’d go to Amsterdam at the drop of a hat and spend our days touring museums. (And we have). An exhibition coming up at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen, north of the city, would be high on the list for our next visit. From April 24 […]

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Golf on the moon

02/04/21

The folks at the Florida Space Coast pointed out that 50 years ago this Saturday, on February 6, 1971, Alan Shepard, commander of NASA’s Apollo 14 mission played golf on the moon. The club he used was a six-iron head attached to a collapsible aluminum tool designed to scoop up lunar dust samples. Shepard snuck […]

Golf

Stuck at the Airport: PHL +PIT, & some scary galaxies

11/01/20

At PHL: Grab and At Your Gate now partners It is officially called an ‘integrated food service.’ And it is part of the growing trend of digital food delivery in airports. But we say it is a ‘this makes perfect sense’ amenity that is one part convenience and two parts sign of the social distance […]

Food

HOU: 5 Things We Love About Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport

07/16/20

Our “5 Things We Love About…” series celebrating features and amenities at airports around the country and the world continues today with 5 Things We Love About Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport (HOU). Keep in mind that some amenities may be temporarily unavailable due to health concerns. We are confident they’ll be back. If we […]

Airport guides

Vintage travel posters to inspire a post-pandemic trip

04/28/20

If you have been heeding the shelter-at-home advisories during this health crisis you may be organizing your photos and looking through scrapbooks from past trips. Here’s something else to add your list: planning your next trip using the collections of vintage travel posters we came across while researching this fun story for AAA Washington as […]

Thinking about being an astronaut?

07/19/19

It's the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. If you're thinking of becoming an astronaut, take this test first.

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49th anniversary of the Moon landing

07/21/18

This weekend marks the 49th anniversary of the Moon landing and the first time humans walked on the Moon. See some snaps from the event.

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President Richard Nixon telling jokes to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin

(Replica) of Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit at CVG Airport

07/20/16

On the 47th anniversary of the Moon Landing, a replica of Neil Armstrong's spacesuit is on display at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, courtesy of the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Souvenir Sunday at IAH Airport

07/19/15

It’s Souvenir Sunday – the day StuckatTheAirport.com takes a look at the fun, inexpensive, locally-themed items you can find at airport gift shops. This week’s treat comes from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, where we spotted these cool spacemen pens on a cart filled with souvenirs inspired by NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Space […]

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