# @airandspacemuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DX7iS20CUvN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65109782-airandspacemuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d1ed372d1d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-04T20:31:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Air and Space Museum (@airandspacemuseum) — https://gondola.cc/airandspacemuseum

## Caption

This may be the droid you're looking for... 🤖 What happens if something goes wrong on a spacecraft? For the pilot of a Star Wars X-wing fighter, the answer was simple: leave it to an onboard "astromech droid," like R2-D2. Astromech droids can fix mechanical problems, override computer glitches, navigate, and more. R2-D2 communicated by whistling and beeping. That made it easy for Star Wars characters — and viewers — to bond with the mechanical company.

The R2-D2 on display in our new "Futures in Space" gallery is on loan from therealadamsavage, who built it in the early 2000s. #StarWarsDay #MayTheFourth #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

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maythefourthbewithyou, maythefourth, starwarsday

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