Wood and Fabric, 1903 Wright Flyer, Apollo11
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.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
- Credit Line
- Gift of the U.S. Air Force Museum
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A19721288000
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- 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.)
- Record ID
- nasm_A19721288000
Light brown wood chip and off-white folded rectangular piece of fabric from the Wright brothers' "Kitty Hawk." Mounted on mat printed with letters certifying the pieces were carried to the moon on the first lunar landing. Overmatted with white board printed in blue "FIRST MANNED LUNAR LANDING / KITTYHAWK TO TRANQUILITY BASE" Unglaized.
