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Horten Ho 229 V3

In 1943 the all-wing and jet-propelled Horten Ho 229 ('aitch-oh-two-two-nine') promised spectacular performance and the German air force (Luftwaffe) chief, Hermann Göring, allocated half-a-million ...
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Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow)

Nicknamed Schwalbe (Swallow), the Messerschmitt Me 262 surpassed the performance of every other World War II fighter. Faster than the North American P-51 Mustang by 190 kilometers (120 miles) per hour ...
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Space Shuttle Main Engine

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Rocket Sled, Sonic Wind I

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First Airplane Landing on a Ship

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Thiokol XLR99-RM-1 Pioneer Rocket Motor

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General Electric GE36 Unducted Fan (UDF) Turboprop Engine

General Electric designed this proof-of-concept turboprop “unducted fan” engine as part of NASA’s Advanced Turboprop Project, which was aimed at overcoming the three-fold increase in fuel prices ...
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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet

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USAF A-10 "Warthog"

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Echo 1 Communications Satellite

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Rolls-Royce Olympus Mk. 30101 Turbojet Engine

In April 1946, Bristol began studies of a turbojet to power long-range, high altitude bombers at 960 km/hr (600 mph). The B.01 1 Olympus, the first British dual-shaft turbine engine, first ran in May ...
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Aviation Explorers Camp

The National Air and Space Museum hopes to expand interest and capabilities in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) fields by engaging and empowering our Aviation Explorers to seek ...