The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.
Ad Astra sculpture at the museum entrance on the National Mall
The Spirit of St. Louis, flown by aviator Charles Lindbergh in 1927 on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight
The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia carried astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins to the Moon and back during the first human lunar landing mission, July 1969
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Dedication of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian
Spirit of St. Louis
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The Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that Charles Lindbergh flew on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Is
The Spirit at the National Air and Space Museum
Part of the funding for the Spirit of St. Louis came from Lindbergh's own earnings as a U.S. Air Mail pilot (January 15, 1927 RAC paycheck).
Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis at Roosevelt Field, with perlée engine-turned finishing on the nose panels.
View of the cockpit.