The National Air and Space Museum-By Kennedy

                                           National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum is 1 in 19 museums in the Smithsonian. Many real air crafts and spacecrafts are on display. There are also famous pictures and materials from space. Some are tiny and some are huge. 

This F-1 engine is 1 of 4 engines ised for the Saturn 5 AFT End. The engine is from the rocket of the 1st stage of the Apollo/Saturn 5 launch vehicle. It is 5.6 meters in length and weighs 18,000 pounds. It was manufactured by Rocketdyn, A division of North American Rockwell Corporation. 

Between 1969 and 1971, 12 Americans walked to the Moon. This achievements was one of the greatest accomplishments of exploration in human history. 

This picture has the astronauts from Apollo 11. These 3 men are the most successful of them all. Neil A. Armstrong became the first person on the moon. Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin was a pilot in the Korean War and was selected to be the pilot for the Gemini mission. And, Michael Collins took charge in commander in chief of the pro-treaty, Free State Army.

This Apollo command module is a replica of the real mission vehicle. It was used to transport the crew of the last Skylab mission, astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue, to the Skylab Orbital Workshop and back to Earth again. They lived in the Skylab for 84 days. They performed many experiments and proved that humans can live in space for a long period of time.            
                                                 

The 1903 Wright Flyer was built by two brothers, Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright. It made four flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. It was the first ever plane to be flown in control by a pilot. The key to their success was the three-axis control system, which had wing-warping for lateral balance.

In the 1960's, NASA developed grooved runways to direct water flow and improve fraction for air crafts. By directing water else ware, it prevents the chance of aircraft sliding off the runway. This design was so helpful that it is now applied to highway designs to improve safety. 

The Apollo-Soyuz was the first ever spaceflight to include two nations. The Americans sent up an Apollo command module, while the Russians launched a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew of 3 Americans and 2 Soviets combined their modules and shook hands. After this mission, history was made between the enemies.