Among the items issued to astronauts are Velcro-backed name tags that can be attached to their flight suits and jackets. This ...

The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery probes the science and history of our exploration of planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system. Your search found 21 result(s).

The orbital workshop is the largest component of Skylab, America's first space station. It houses the living quarters, work and storage areas, research equipment, and most of the supplies needed to ...

Thomas W. Haas We All Fly celebrates the breadth and depth of general aviation and its deep impact on society. Your search found 58 result(s).

Born July 13, 1956, in St. Louis, Mo. Jim is the son of Mr. & Mrs. James J. Naumann, Sr. Jim began his career path with the defense industry, as a Design Engineer with the McDonnell Douglas ...

From The Guardians of the Galaxy to Captain Flight, comics and graphic novels have always been a fun way to learn more about aviation and space. The stories in comics also help us imagine what's ...

Edward J. Steichen (1879-1973) was a prominent photographer during both World War I and World War II. During World War I he commanded the photographic division of the U.S. Army Expeditionary Forces, ...

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.

Caldwell C. Johnson was a manned spacecraft designer for NASA and contributed majorly to the Mercury, Apollo, and Apollo-Soyuz projects. Johnson began his aeronautical engineering career in 1937, when ...

Beginning around 1922, J.F. Irwin’s Irwin Aircraft Company of Watsonville, California designed and provided blueprints for small, single seat sport aircraft which were supposedly simple enough for ...

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.

Before 1914, the Oberursel Motoren Gesellschaft of Frankfurt, Germany had obtained a license to build Gnome engines. However, these pre-World War I designs became obsolete and, with the encouragement ...