National Air and Space Museum @airandspace
Sharing inspiring stories, moments of awe, and one-of-a-kind artifacts from aviation and space history. Start exploring: https://t.co/Nw4JxChkHI ✈️ 🚀 🪐 s.si.edu/legal Smithsonian, Washington DC Joined May 2008-
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The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket became the first aircraft to fly twice the speed of sound, at Mach 2. It was the second Skyrocket built and NACA used it to explore the flight characteristics of swept-wing aircraft. More: s.si.edu/3ALzH8o
Bessie Coleman was determined to fly, and moved to France to make it happen. She became the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license and continues to inspire pilots around the world. Coleman died at age 34, today in 1926.
An artifact from a galaxy far, far away has arrived at the Museum. Visit the Udvar-Hazy Center this Friday to be among the first to see it unveiled and on display, plus meet Walt Disney Imagineering exec Scott Trowbridge from 11 am to noon. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
#OTD in 1928, Spirit of St. Louis made its final flight to DC where Charles Lindbergh presented the aircraft to the @smithsonian. When it was later transported to the US National Museum (now the Arts and Industries Building), its wings were separated from the fuselage.
A lot of calculations go into hanging an aircraft for display. So when we decided to suspend our P-51 Mustang not as if in level flight but rolled 22 degrees to the left, our museum specialists got to work on a plan. We explore in a new blog: s.si.edu/3w5vSMW
It may not be what you'd expect a science lab to look like but the Spacelab laboratory module was a well-equipped research facility flown in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Challenger—it launched today in 1985. More on this module in our collection: s.si.edu/44fNthm
#OTD in 1954, test pilot James F. "Skeets" Coleman made the first tethered flight in the Convair XFY-1 Pogo, a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft.
On this day in 1990, Space Shuttle Discovery and the crew of STS-31 touched back down on Earth having successfully completed the mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope.
On this day in 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis for the first time. Three weeks later, he would pilot the history-making aircraft on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. #AirSpacePhoto
On this day in 1961, Mercury capsule #14 was launched on its second uncrewed launch escape system test at Wallops Island. The launch escape system functioned as planned even though the trajectory was too low and the aerodynamic pressures were higher than planned.
Earlier this year, NASA and Lockheed Martin unveiled the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a rollout ceremony. More on NASA's Quesst mission to demonstrate supersonic flight without generating loud sonic booms in #ASQ's latest Up to Speed: s.si.edu/4deuU1x
On this day in 2001, Dennis Tito became the first space tourist, launching aboard Soyuz TM-32 in this Sokol KV-2 spacesuit. Tito paid a reported $20 million for his nearly eight-day spaceflight, which included six days on the International Space Station. #AirSpacePhoto
It looks a bit different when not deployed, but this is one of the three main parachutes used during Apollo 16's splashdown in 1972. A few years later, @NASA transferred the parachute to our Museum.
Join us next Saturday, May 4, at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia for a family day all about spacesuits! Explore the history of spacesuit design and discover what future spacesuits will look like for astronauts on the Moon and Mars. Learn more: s.si.edu/49WnInT
“You say goodbye and I say hello!” Today in 2012, we officially said farewell to Space Shuttle Enterprise as it took off for @IntrepidMuseum. Staying with us was the Space Shuttle Discovery. Read more in "When Enterprise Met Discovery," on our blog: s.si.edu/3Kiv8ox
A picture-perfect splashdown! After a successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 16 splashed down in the Pacific #OTD in 1972. All three of the parachutes successfully deployed to slow the spacecraft's rate of descent for a safe landing. We have one in our collection.
James Banning is perhaps best known for his record-setting transcontinental flight in 1932, but his story and accomplishments started years earlier. We explore his impact on aviation in the blog: s.si.edu/3Lx23tl
It’s 1961 and you’re one of 13 women selected to undergo the rigorous testing that the Mercury 7 astronauts went through. You pass, defying expectations. To Gene Nora Jessen, this was just another day at the office. Read the new blog now: s.si.edu/4bcOQQn
#OTD in 1993, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on STS-55 to deploy the second German Spacelab module. The crew included five American astronauts and two German astronauts.
It became clear that there was an optical flaw in its main mirror soon after Hubble launched in 1990. Fortunately, it was designed to be serviced by astronauts visiting it on the Space Shuttle. Read about repairing Hubble on the blog: s.si.edu/3Aqf15Y
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251 Followers 194 Following Communications and #MuseSocial @airandspace. I tweet about my current pop culture obsessions & random thoughts I think are funnier than they are. Tweets my own.UPDATE: @NASA restored the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope to science operations on April 29. The spacecraft is in good health and once again operating using all three of its gyros. All of Hubble’s instruments are online, and the spacecraft has resumed taking science…
NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope issue. Hubble’s instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health. Read more: go.nasa.gov/3Qk8d28
🎶Good mornin', starshine The Earth says, "Hello" You twinkle above us We twinkle below🎶 The view as we were driving into @CanberraDSN today. Sun shining on our Tidbinbilla valley location.
@NASAWebb isn’t foaling around with its level of detail! 🐴 Just recently, Webb captured the sharpest infrared images of the Horsehead Nebula to date. Learn more photos and see comparisons: go.nasa.gov/3Uy7wEW
NASA executive Dr. Nancy Grace Roman's advocacy eventually led to the Hubble Space Telescope, which was sent into orbit #OnThisDay in 1990. Read more about women who shaped our understanding of space: s.si.edu/3xpmDHr 📷: @NASA
On this day in 2012 the Discovery Shuttle arrived while on its way to the Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center!
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Always happy to lend my vehicle to you, @airandspace. Just remember to return it with a full tank, please.
On April 1, 2015, we announced a blockbuster exhibit—Wonder Woman's invisible jet, on display for one day only! 😲😲😲 Still one of our favorite #AprilFoolsDay moments. More on Wonder Woman at the Smithsonian: s.si.edu/2WTOc6i
Such an honor….Micheal Collins personifies the Apollo 11 inspiration that started me on my life’s journey at age 9.
Last night, we awarded Peggy Whitson the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement. From medical researcher to ISS Commander to Axiom astronaut, @AstroPeggy has led a distinguished career of dedication, perseverance, and passion in space science. #CollinsTrophy #WHM
As we celebrate #InternationalWomensDay📷, we recommit to lifting up and empowering women today and every day. “If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.” – Sally Ride
Did you know that it takes the Earth 365-ish days to orbit the sun? It’s that ‘ish’ that makes February 29 a thing every four years (ish). We talk to one of the Museum’s astronomy educators to get the low down on Leap Day: s.si.edu/3T1dD2z #LeapDay
Did you know a person born on February 29 is called a "leapling"? This special episode gives you the lowdown on leap day featuring the @smithsonian's @airandspace museum. Listen on @ApplePodcasts: apple.co/342vBGy
@airandspace One of the greats. And this is our #JunoMission, now exploring Jupiter and its moons. We're fans. All about Juno: missionjuno.swri.edu Link to this simulated view: go.nasa.gov/42RENNE
From Uhura to Katherine Johnson, learn about Black women’s impact on space travel in this excerpt from @SmithsonianBook "Afrofuturism." bit.ly/3uoRR0p
It is my distinct honor to be curator for the MMU. In 2015, I gave Bruce a tour of the Museum's exhibit on spacewalking. I'll never forget his analytical gaze at this photograph...maybe considering what tweaks might have made the experiment even better.
40 years ago today, astronaut Bruce McCandless made the first untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). The MMU is in our collection: s.si.edu/34s22nL
#OnThisDay in 1995, Eileen Collins, pictured here onboard Space Shuttle Discovery, became the first woman to pilot the shuttle. Learn more about her and other pioneering astronauts: s.si.edu/3vT7NrZ 📷: @NASA, @airandspace
Space Shuttle Discovery travelled along the Crawlerway toward Launch Pad 39A #OTD in 1997 in preparation for the 10-day STS-82 flight. The seven-member STS-82 crew launched on February 11, 1997 to perform the second servicing of @NASAHubble.
Remembering the "Mother of Landsat" on her birthday Excelling in math and physics, Virginia Norwood had no intention of becoming a librarian as suggested by a high school counselor. Read the remarkable story of this groundbreaking physicist and engineer: go.nasa.gov/48jk33j
#TBT After she became the first American woman in space, Sally Ride taped three Sesame Street segments in January 1984, including one costarring Grundgetta, girlfriend of Oscar the Grouch. bit.ly/3HP9MBJ
120 years after the Wright brothers took to the skies, we're still pushing the boundaries of flight—on Earth and beyond. #WrightBrothersDay Our Ingenuity Mars helicopter carries a piece of the Wright Flyer with every flight it takes over Jezero Crater: go.nasa.gov/3v4MEuJ