The Evolution of the Commercial Airliner - National Air and Space …
Built by the Boeing Aircraft Company, the 367-80, better known as the Dash 80, would come to revolutionize commercial air transportation when its developed version entered service as the famous Boeing 707, America's first jet airliner. Boeing's 707 was designed for transcontinental or one-stop transatlantic range.
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14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway. Chantilly, VA 20151. 703-572-4118. Learn in new ways while making memories on a unique field trip to one of our two locations. We rely on the generous support of donors like you to share the history and impact of aviation and spaceflight, educate the public, and inspire future generations.
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The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum maintains the world's largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts, encompassing all aspects of human flight. It operates two landmark facilities that, together, welcome more than eight million visitors a year.
Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space Museum
Discovery is an example of a Space Shuttle orbiter, a component of NASA’s Space Transportation System (STS). The STS consisted of a combination of a Space Shuttle orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and a fuel tank. Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight in ...
Apollo 11: The Moon Landing | National Air and Space Museum
A Saturn V rocket carrying the three Apollo 11 astronauts blasted off from Cape Kennedy. Over a million spectators, including Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon Johnson, came to watch the lift off. After four days traveling to the Moon, the Lunar Module Eagle, carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon.
Our Solar System - National Air and Space Museum
A spherical "cloud" of comets, known as the Oort Cloud, surrounds the outer reaches of our solar system. The Oort cloud is vast. It starts between 2,000 and 5,000 AU from the Sun and extends out to 50,000 AU. (One AU, or astronomical unit, is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun.) It may contain trillions of objects larger than ...
Why Has It Been 50 Years Since Humans Went to the Moon?
Dec 16, 2022 · Fifty years ago, on December 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific. They were the last humans to visit the Moon —and the last to be more than 400 miles from the Earth. Since that date, astronauts have only been in low Earth orbit. It is thus richly symbolic that NASA’s Artemis I mission had its own Pacific ...
National Air and Space Museum in DC
The full building is anticipated to be open in 2026. Free timed-entry passes are required. One of the most popular museums in the world. Visit our transformed museum on the National Mall. Hours. 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. Open every day except December 25, 2024 and January 20, 2025. Contact. 202-633-2214.
Tools and Technology from the Apollo Program
Spacecraft and rockets were essential tools in getting Apollo astronauts to the Moon. The manned Apollo missions were each launched aboard a Saturn V rocket and remains the United States largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever built. The Apollo spacecraft consisted of three components: a command module, a service module, and a lunar module.
Apollo 11 Timeline - National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 11 Timeline. On July 20, 1969, a human walked on the Moon for the first time. Relive the full journey to and from the the Moon with the timeline below. Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A. Liftoff! The Apollo 11 Spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy.