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Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum
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,
Taking Early balloons and the 1903 Wright FlyerAviation Goes to World War I aircraft and Eddie Rickenbacker's uniformThe Shrinking Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and Robert Goddard’s liquid-fuel rocketWorld War P-51 Mustang, B-26 bomber, and other iconic warbirdsJet Age Meets Space Age (Postwar): Chuck Yeager’s flight jacket and Alan Shepard's spacesuitThe Moon and Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit and the Apollo lunar modulePushing The Hubble Space Telescope and Boeing 747Into the 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! Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum 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.
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,
Taking Early balloons and the 1903 Wright FlyerAviation Goes to World War I aircraft and Eddie Rickenbacker's uniformThe Shrinking Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and Robert Goddard’s liquid-fuel rocketWorld War P-51 Mustang, B-26 bomber, and other iconic warbirdsJet Age Meets Space Age (Postwar): Chuck Yeager’s flight jacket and Alan Shepard's spacesuitThe Moon and Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit and the Apollo lunar modulePushing The Hubble Space Telescope and Boeing 747Into the 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! Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum 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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128 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 11, 2023
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October 31, 2023
a nice look thru the Smithsonian Museum of Flight
This was a nice look thru the Smithsonian Museum of Flight artifacts from the beginning of flight with hot air balloons thru the birth of powered flight to rocketry and more. I recommend this book to all aviation geeks.
This was a nice look thru the Smithsonian Museum of Flight artifacts from the beginning of flight with hot air balloons thru the birth of powered flight to rocketry and more. I recommend this book to all aviation geeks.
July 8, 2023
3.0 / 5.0
Good Pictures. Thematically arranged. Very cursory explanations and minimal context du to short length and predominant pictures.
Good Pictures. Thematically arranged. Very cursory explanations and minimal context du to short length and predominant pictures.
June 10, 2026
For a short book on air and space this was a pretty good book. I’ll probably look elsewhere for more detailed explanations though.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews