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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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

"Top Gun: Then and Now" program held November 30, 2021. This program is for members of the National Air and Space Society. Join us for a special program featuring a new Smithsonian Channel documentary ...

Brig Gen Cardile graduated U.S. Military Academy in 1963 and commissioned as 2d Lt. He entered pilot training, Williams AFB. After graduation, he was assigned to 436th AW Dover AFB as C-133 pilot and ...

Graduate Dallas High School, valedictorian, attended University of Chicago two years entered U.S.M.A. in 1932 via Texas National guard exams. Graduated in 1936, entered Air Corps after graduation.