The Textron How Things Fly at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. will reimagine and expand the gallery that seeks to answer the singular question that underlies every single one of our artifacts: How do things fly?
In the spaceflight section, we’ll have a full-scale model of the Mariner 9 space
constructing orbiting fuel depots. many of these paintings, drawings, and even models
One such model is a prop that appeared in the 1955 Walt Disney TV show “Man in Space
Crop-dusting was an often hazardous occupation, until a maverick entrepreneur and pilot designed the right airplanes for the job.
He built balsa-wood model airplanes.
A new National Air and Space museum gallery explores how American military aviation evolved, grew, and shaped our world in the years since World War II.
At 1:100 scale, the model is rich with detail.
An in-depth look at the National Air and Space Museum’s Wright Military Flyer.
But the brothers later returned with a modified model that, on July 27, 1909, made
The studio model of the starship Enterprise from the original Star Trek series is
Some Smithsonian artifacts that memorialize these achievements might be closer to you than you realize. Through collaborations with affiliate organizations, the Smithsonian sponsors traveling exhibitions and loans artifacts to museums throughout the United States and abroad.
1939, as the day the PBM first took flight, but a miniature, 3/8‑scale prototype model
The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center turns 20.
child in his native Hungary, he was fascinated by aviation and spent time building model
Air & Space Quarterly magazine is published by the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., United States.
Air and Space Quarterly Fall 2022 Articles Showing 7 – 10 of 10 Role Model
The Pioneers of Flight gallery preview.
the Atlantic in the Navy’s Curtiss NC-4 flying boat and the gallery includes a model
