Object Details
Summary
This plaque commemorates two of humankind's greatest flight achievements: the first powered, controlled flight of the Wright brothers in December 1903 and the first human lunar landing (Apollo 11) in July 1969. The fabric and wood pieces in the middle of the plaque are from the Wright Brothers airplane, Kitty Hawk. These two pieces were flown on the Apollo 11 mission and were in the lunar module "Eagle" that landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.
The plaque was transferred to the Smithsonian from the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1972.
Credit Line
Gift of the U.S. Air Force Museum
Inventory Number
A19721288000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
MEMORABILIA-Events
Materials
Paper, fabric, wood
Dimensions
3-D (framed, 631g): 33.5 × 2 × 19cm, 0.6kg (1 ft. 1 3/16 in. × 13/16 in. × 7 1/2 in., 1.3lb.)
2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Wood Chip): 1.3 × 3cm (1/2 × 1 3/16 in.)
2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Fabric): 8.9 × 10.2cm (3 1/2 in. × 4 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Exhibition
Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19721288000
