These photos are from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
The black rocket on the left is a German V2 from World War II. The next one is
a V1 rocket. Both were used against Britain. The next one, in the back,
is a Vanguard rocket from the US.
In order from front is a satellite with the large dish. No details of which, but it's not
a replica of the Voyager craft. Behind that, the silver ball is a replica of
Russia's Sputnik (first man made satellite), behind that is an
X15 rocket plane.
And to the right is the human powered plane holding the world distance
record at that time.
A collection of rocketery and capsules. The left most vertical rocket is
a German V2 from WW2. Blocking part of it is the V1 rocket (yellow section in
front of the wings). Both of these were used to bomb Britain during World War II.
Standing to the right of the V2 is a backup copy of
Skylab.
The real one was was launched in 1973, and re-entered the atmosphere in 1976,
raining debris on south of Western Australia.
A mockup lunar module as it would be deployed on the moon's surface.
The moon buggy carried astronauts around the moon, to provide faster and further
travels on the surface. This was not used on the early moon landings.
The joint Apollo-Soyuz mission mockup, in which an independently launched Soviet Union
Soyuz capsule rendezvous in space with a US Apollo capsule. The first hints
of an international space station style project.
One of the 3 rocket motors used on the Saturn V rocket used to send astronauts
to the moon. Note the 'Uncle Sam' statue on the right - this is major
engineering!
Aircraft power plants have been improving for years. Upper left is a radial
engine from a Super Constellation. In front is an original Pratt & Whitney engine
for the Boeing 747, and upper right is a GE engine for the DC-10.
The World War II planes section of the museum. The plane on the ground is
a World War II Spitfire in British Royal Air Force colours. The plane on the
wall looks like a B-17
The plane in the front is a Ford Tri-Motor, the type of plane which Kingsford Smith used
to make the first trans Pacific flight from the USA to Australia. Beneath and
behing is a Douglas DC-3, the first "modern" passenger plane, and some of which are
still flying (2013)!
A simulated World War I setting, with a crude biplane sitting in front of the
office at an airfield near the front lines of battle. How much aviation has
changed in the last 100 years!
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