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

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. With ...

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.

In 1924, the US Army Air Service sent four specially-built aircraft, the Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans on an around the world flight. This collection consists ...

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.

First flown in late 1938, the Boeing 307 was the first airliner with a pressurized fuselage. It could carry 33 passengers in great comfort and cruise at 6,096 meters (20,000 feet), while maintaining a ...

Upon separation from the Army Air Corps in 1947, Morgan was employed by Saudi Arabian Airlines (TWA) flying for Arabian American Oil Co. (ARAMCO). His first aircraft was a Douglas DC-3, and flights ...

John E. Considine was in the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1969 during which time he was assigned to the 71st Aerial Refueling Squadron stationed at Dow Air Force Base, Maine. During 1967 and ...

The Little Joe II is a solid-propellant rocket for launching Project Apollo "boilerplate" space capsules on tests of the Launch Escape System (LES). The LES consisted of a tower with solid-fuel ...

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, ...

The 7th Photographic Group (variously known as 7th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group, 7th Photographic Group ((Reconnaissance)), and 7th Reconnaissance Group) was activated on 1 May 1943 ...

Walter N. Schrecker retired as a Colonel from the United States Air Force after a distinguished career as a pilot, flight instructor and examiner, commander and professor, who also served on the Air ...