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Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum

Current price: $12.95
Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum

Barnes and Noble

Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum

Current price: $12.95

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Get up close and personal with iconic aviation and space artifacts from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, the world's largest and most noteworthy collection
Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum
is a spectacularly illustrated, full-color guide to the most impressive, important, and interesting artifacts from the museum's vast collection. The book moves through chronological chapters, from the flight of kites, balloons, and the first airplanes, to 21st-century space tourism and NASA's new Artemis program. Each chapter features photographs and rich history on incredible objects that captivate visitors on a daily basis, including:
Taking Flight:
Early balloons and the 1903 Wright Flyer
Aviation Goes to War:
World War I aircraft and Eddie Rickenbacker's uniform
The Shrinking Globe:
Lindbergh's
Spirit of St. Louis
and Robert Goddard’s liquid-fuel rocket
World War II:
P-51 Mustang, B-26 bomber, and other iconic warbirds
Jet Age Meets Space Age (Postwar):
Chuck Yeager’s flight jacket and Alan Shepard's spacesuit
The Moon and Beyond:
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit and the Apollo lunar module
Pushing Boundaries:
The Hubble Space Telescope and Boeing 747
Into the Future:
Starship Enterprise
from
Star Trek
and the Merlin engine from SpaceX
Skip the crowds and enjoy the most engaging and revolutionary objects the museum has to offer!
is a sweeping tribute to more than a century's worth of aviation and space history that shows how far we've come and how far we can go.

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