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.

Captain Ernest A. Clark is the father of Julie E. Clark and was born in 1912 in Nebraska. Learned to fly in 1930 and became the youngest licensed pilot and airplane owner in the state of Nebraska (an ...

The XB-70 was conceived in 1954 as a subsonic bomber capable of short supersonic dashes. In December of 1957, North American won a competition with Boeing for development of the new bomber. The ...

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 United States' Supersonic Transport (SST) program was initiated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1963. The program aimed for a Mach 2+ aircraft capable of carrying c.300 passengers ...

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.

Capt. John Jeremy Sax was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, grandson, cousin, and friend. He leaves behind his wife Amber, his two daughters Eleanor and Emma, his mother Deborah, his ...

Alma Thomas (1891–1978) was born in Columbus, Georgia, though as a teenager her family moved to Washington, D.C., seeking better educational opportunities and an escape from racial oppression and ...

The third in a series of gliders leading up to their powered airplane, the 1902 glider was the Wright brothers' most advanced yet. Reflecting their single, evolving design, it was again a biplane 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. Two ...

Joseph Kittinger traveled to the edge of space—and jumped. On August 16, 1960, Joe Kittinger went for a balloon ride. Sitting inside an open gondola suspended from an enormous helium-filled envelope, ...

How did Mary Golda Ross of Park Hill, Oklahoma, become an engineer working on some of the most important—and top-secret—aerospace technologies of the Cold War? In her words, she “started with a firm ...