Physical Description Davis recoilless gun consisting of rifled steel tube barrel with hand grip and tiggers for firing both main round and Lewis gun, shoulder rest, and U-shaped support for post mount ...

Physical Description WWI British 112 lb RL Mk V bomb consisting of a steel tear-drop shaped body with a nose fuze, filling plug, and lifting lug, with four fins attached at rear and suppoerted by two ...

Four-engine heavy bomber with semi-monoqoque fuselage and high-aspect ratio wings. Polished aluminum finish overall, standard late-World War II Army Air Forces insignia on wings and aft fuselage and ...

The moonquakes resulted from formation and subsequent activity along a relatively young thrust fault crossing the Taurus-Littrow Valley floor, the site of the last Apollo mission in 1972. The fault ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will reopen half of its flagship building on the National Mall Friday, Oct. 14. Eight new and renovated exhibitions, the planetarium, museum store and ...

Press Release “We are thrilled to open this next phase of exhibitions to the public,” said Chris Browne, John and Adrienne Mars Director of the National Air and Space Museum. “Reopening our main hall ...

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 ...

There are many possible futures in space. Our ideas for living, working, and playing there are always changing.

The front medallion shows various decorative techniques used to convey Earhart’s story: Engraved lines depict the latitudinal and longitudinal lines while the white fill material highlights her dotted ...

Download Image Rectangular piece of burgundy or wine-colored silk, edges folded in and stitched for 13" in the center, created a shaped piece. Content and origin tags near center, along seam. Machine ...

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 ...