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

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 ...

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.

The Tumansky AM-5, designed in 1950, was the first turbojet of entirely Soviet origin produced in quantity. A later version, the AM-9, powered the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 and Yakovlev Yak-25 aircraft, ...

This developmental, full pressure suit was part of a series of pressure suits developed by B.F. Goodrich in the early and middle 1950s. The advanced features of this suit included the ability of the ...

In 1945, Rolls-Royce started the development of the AJ.65 (axial jet, 28,912 N (6,500 lb) thrust) Avon to replace the Nene, going through several design and test iterations. The first 100-series (RA.3 ...

This Urine Collection and Transfer Device was part of the equipment issued to astronauts during the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. This particular unit, however, was not flown. Liquid waste ...

A native of California, General Cornelius graduated from the Aviation Cadet Program and flew the F-100 Super Sabre at RAF Lakenheath in England, Cannon AFB in New Mexico, Misawa AB in Japan, Kunsan AB ...

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.

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.

Designed by Dr. Anselm Franz, the Junkers Jumo 004 was the world’s first mass-produced, operational turbojet engine. It was also the first turbojet in the world with axial-flow compressors, ...