Bessie Coleman was determined to fly and she moved to France to make it happen. In 1921, she became the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license: s.si.edu/4kqkMp6 We tell her story in the upcoming “Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight” exhibition.

On this day in 1969, the Apollo 10 astronauts began their return journey from the Moon back to Earth in command module "Charlie Brown." This photo of Earth rising above the lunar horizon was taken during the mission.

The Wright brothers owned a bicycle shop before they became airplane inventors. Only five bicycles made by the Wright brothers are known to exist. This one, a model they called St. Clair that was made in 1898, is on display in our "Wright Brothers" gallery. Happy

A military aircraft but probably not the kind you imagined. On this week in history in 1909, the Wright brothers returned to Fort Myer to complete flight trials on what would become the first military airplane. #AirSpacePhoto

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JULY 18-19Wright Kite Festival Takes Flight: Celebrating Aerial Artistry and Coastal Fun outerbanksvoice.com/2025/07/01/wri…

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