After their trip, Spencer and White drew this map of their route, including the unplanned stops.

This is one of the first successfully flown JATO (Jet-Assisted-Take-Off) rockets in the U.S. It was used on an Ercoupe light aircraft in tests in 1941 at March Field, California. JATOs shortened ...

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At 8:15 pm on Monday, April 26, 1920, two men took to the stage of the Baird Auditorium in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Each man had been given 40 minutes ...

The idea to donate the dishes to the National Air and Space Museum came after Matos-Puente visited the St. Louis Science Center in 2018. “While touring the exhibits, I passed by a display of what ...

U.S. sailors assisted local authorities in rescuing the passengers and crew of Air Niugini Flight PX56 after the airliner ditched on its approach to Chuuk International Airport in the Federated States ...

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This suit was worn by the donor Len Morgan (1923-2005). In the spring of 1941 before the United States entered World War II, Morgan went to Canada and jointed the Royal Canadian Air Force and earned ...

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Navigating in space: to determine position in space, an Apollo astronaut located a specific star using a single-power, wide-field telescope and then took a fix using a sextant. While this instrument ...

Physical Description United States Army Air Service (USAAS) Type M1912/1917 officer's uniform coat worn by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker; single breasted drab wool with five brass buttons down front; two ...

Artist's illustration of what the asteroid impact that occured on Earth 65 million years ago could have looked like.