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Guion S. Bluford Jr., the first African American
in space, presents his flight suit to the Museum,
along with his copy of Black Wings: The American
Black in Aviation that he carried into space aboard
the STS-8 space shuttle Challenger (February 22). |
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Golden
Age of Flight, a major exhibition gallery
devoted to aviation from 1919-1939, opens to the
public (April 5). Aviation pioneers Lt. Gen. James
A. Doolittle, Fay Gillis Wells, John L. Polando,
Steve Wittman, Jimmie Mattern and others who were
part of this era give interviews about their contributions
to the Golden Age. |
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Viking Lander 1, which investigated the possibility
of life on Mars, is transferred by NASA to the National
Air and Space Museum, making it the only museum
in the world to possess an object on the surface
of another planet (May 18). |
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The Museum produces a videodisc containing a virtual
"Who's Who" of flight. It is the second
in a series of ten that will provide access to the
Museum's entire collection of one million photographs
(May 31). |
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To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Man's first
steps on the Moon, the Museum sponsors a daylong
symposium, culminating in a panel discussion with
Apollo astronauts Alan Bean, Ronald Evans and Harrison
"Jack" Schmitt (July 20). |
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