The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) has captured dramatic landscapes of the Moon since it was first launched in 2009. A New Moon Rises showcased those breathtaking images from Apollo ...

The "Walking On Other Worlds" Interactive in the “Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery” at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Cylindrical, with slight taper towards front; four delta fins, cruciform, along side of body; four shorter, rectangular fins at rear; magnesium corrosion on rear fins; body, hollow, except for bundle ...

David Desbordes is a native Washingtonian. He attended Howard University in the school year 1975-1976. He was awarded a candidacy through that University’s ROTC Program to USAFA.

The Laser Ranging Retroreflector is a device that reflects light so that the paths of the reflected rays are parallel to those of the incident rays.

The Wright brothers designed and constructed the world's first practical fixed-pitch propeller and developed the aerodynamic theory to calculate its performance during the process of creating their ...

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Artist’s rendering depicts the forthcoming National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe gallery featuring a starry night sky at center with various telescopes and models surrounding it.

This is a flying Bomarc missile model built by an unknown manufacturer in the 1960s. It is not known whether it was flown. It is based on the U.S. Air Force surface-to-air missile of the same name ...

The 1959 conceptualization of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) lunar program, codenamed Apollo, envisioned manned lunar exploration in the 1970s when NASA expected large ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

This collection consists of two items of ephemera issued by the New York City Mayor's Committee on Receptions [New York City] for the "WE" banquet, commemorating Charles A. Lindbergh's solo ...