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The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum maintains the largest collection of historic air & space objects in the world. Legal:

Washington, DC
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  1. On this day in 1955, test pilot James F. "Skeets" Coleman climbed the Convair XFY-1 "Pogo" to 10,000 feet (with the canopy open! 🥶). More on the experimental Convair XFY-1:

  2. Did you know that astronaut Sally Ride was a skilled tennis player? She was nationally-ranked as an undergraduate and briefly considered becoming a professional player. Her tennis racket in our collection:

  3. Apollo 11 command module Columbia is coming home. 🙌 This March, it will go on view at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, where it will remain for about a year. More on what's next for Columbia:

  4. On this day in 1974, Mariner 10 reached Venus and returned the first close-up photo of the planet. The photo was taken using an ultraviolet filter in its imaging system and is color-enhanced to capture Venus's cloudy atmosphere.

  5. Today in 1971, Apollo 14 lunar module Antares touched down on the Moon in Fra Mauro highlands, the intended landing site of Apollo 13. More on Fra Mauro:

  6. Congratulations to our friend Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee on his promotion to Brigadier General. We look forward to welcoming Brig. Gen. McGee to the Udvar-Hazy Center this Saturday for our African American Pioneers in Aviation and Space event:

  7. On this day in 1902, Charles Lindbergh was born in Detroit. At age 25 he became the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic solo, a flight that made him a worldwide celebrity.

  8. On this day in 1948, the first D-558-2 Skyrocket made its first flight, piloted by John F. Martin. Over five years later, it would become the first aircraft to fly Mach 2:

  9. Today in 1906, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh was born, seen here with a homemade telescope. He is most well known for discovering Pluto in 1930.

  10. Tune in now! Live webcast with Alaskan pilot Ariel Tweto and astronaut John Herrington about their new documentary : Presented in collaboration with

  11. Today in 1966: Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 sent the first photo from the lunar surface. It was intercepted by astronomers in England, who released it to the press before the USSR did:

  12. Ten years ago today, we bid farewell to panda Tai Shan, who left for China (via ) on a Boeing 777 with panda livery. 🐼

    White and purple airplane with picture of panda on nose takes off from snowy airport
  13. Eileen Collins made history again in July 1999 as the first woman to command a shuttle mission on STS-93. Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz photographed Collins at Johnson Space Center that same year.

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  14. Get to know Tuskegee Airman Col. Charles McGee in this video, as he talks about his experience during and the advice he gives to young people. Colonel McGee will be speaking this Saturday at the Udvar-Hazy Center:

  15. On this day in 1966, Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 soft landed on Moon in the Ocean of Storms. It was the first spacecraft to make a survivable landing on the Moon:

  16. 1994, Discovery launched on STS-60 with Sergei Krikalev on board, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly on the space shuttle. Krikalev also flew on the first International Space Station assembly mission and was on Expedition 1, the first crew to occupy the ISS.

  17. On this day in 1941, our Monocoupe 110 Special "Little Butch" was test flown by then-Monocoupe president Clare Bunch. See it at the Udvar-Hazy Center:

  18. 25 years ago today, Space Shuttle Discovery launched on STS-63 with the first woman space shuttle pilot, Eileen Collins.

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  19. Today in 1906, John Brisben Walker, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, presented this Lilienthal glider to the . It is one of only five Lilienthal gliders remaining in the world.

  20. Edna Newcomer and her groundhog Tailwind, waving from the cockpit of the Bellanca Skyrocket "The American Nurse." 📷: XRA-8302

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