The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age explores who Wilbur and Orville Wright were, what they achieved and how they did it, and how the world first reacted to their revolutionary ...

El 17 de diciembre de 1903, los hermanos Wright inauguraron la era de la aeronáutica con los primeros vuelos exitosos del mundo de una maquina propulsada más pesada que el aire en Kitty Hawk, Carolina ...

Thomas W. Haas We All Fly celebrates the breadth and depth of general aviation and its deep impact on society.

William Thaw II (1893 – 1934) was a World War I ace and is believed to be the first American to engage in aerial combat in the war as one of the original nine members of the Lafayette Escadrille. Born ...

Foil 62 of the Wall of Honor at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. August 11, 2021. (Smithsonian photo by Mark Avino) [20210811MA.043] [NASM2021-03591] View this and other foils on our ...

Col. John Pelszynski served in the U. S Air Force from June 1943 to October 1976. In his 33 years of service, he accumulated over 5200 flying hours in a wide variety of aircraft. He flew B-17s out of ...

The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was awarded to NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1978. The United States Congress authorized the creation of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1969 to ...

The SPS engine steered the Apollo Service Module (SM) towards the Moon, as well as placing it in lunar orbit, escaping from orbit upon the completion of lunar missions, and returning the SM back to ...

Panoramic view inside the cockpit of Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow) (A19600328000).