Nasm Collection (page 6)

NASA JSC temporary badge belonging to Sally K. Ride, 1977. Creator: Unknown
NASA JSC temporary badge belonging to Sally K. Ride, 1977. This NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) temporary ID badge belonged to Dr. Sally K. Ride

Stits SA-2A Sky Baby, 1950s. Creator: Ray Stits
On a dare from another pilot, Ray Stits designed and built the Sky Baby at his home in Riverside, California, to prove that he could build the world's smallest man-carrying airplane

Shapiro Award presented to Sally Ride, 2004. Creator: Baccarat
Shapiro Award presented to Sally Ride, 2004. This glass bowl was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in October 2004. The award honors Joseph Shapiro

Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross, 1937. Creator: William H. Bowlus
Single-seat, high-wing monoplane glider with wooden monocoque fuselage pod, aluminum tube tail boom, and wooden empennage; fabric-covered rudders and elevators

Model, T-38 Training Aircraft, 1980s. Creator: Northrop Corporation
Model, T-38 Training Aircraft, 1980s. This scale 1:40 Northrop T-38 training jet model belonged to American astronaut and physicist Dr. Sally K. Ride

Hiller XHOE-1 Hornet, 1940s. Creator: United Helicopters Incorporated
All aircraft designers attempt to maximize lifting power and reduce airframe weight. During the late 1940s, helicopter pioneers began to experiment with alternative propulsion methods that did not

Silver bowl tennis trophy presented to Sally Ride, 1965. This silver trophy bowl was awarded to Dr. Sally K. Ride in 1965

Grob 102 Standard Astir III, 1980. Creator: Grob-Werke GmbH
Single-seat, monoplane glider with T-tail. Test pilots at Grob-Werke GmbH & Company KG in Germany first flew the Grob 102 Standard Astir III late in 1980

Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Unknown
Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Palapa is the name for a series of communication satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunication company

Drift Sight, Italian, Crocco, c. 1917. Creator: Central Aeronautico Instituto
Crocco drift indicator; 280mm wide, 500mm long, 215mm high. Used for indicating the path of airplanes

Hour Angle wristwatch, ca. 1927. Creator: Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co
Hour Angle wristwatch, ca. 1927. On 20-21 May 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St

Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II, 1936. Creator: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
NR1050. Aerobatic biplane flown by Major Alford " Al" Williams as demonstration aircraft for Gulf Oil Company. Similar to Grumman F3F single-seat fighter aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy

Controller, Magnetic Compass, General Electric, 2CA10E1, Wiley Post crash
Cylindrical shaped panel mounted instrument, with white luminous figures on black face. Earth induction compass. On 15 August 1935

Key to the City of Los Angeles, presented to Sally Ride, 1984. Creator: Unknown
Key to the City of Los Angeles, presented to Sally Ride, 1984. Brass key presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in October 1984 by Mayor Tom Bradley

ERA is for Everyone badge owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1972. Creator: Unknown
ERA is for Everyone badge owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1972. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced to Congress for the first time in 1923, and passed both houses of Congress in 1972

Piper PA-18 Super Cub, 1946. Creator: Piper Aircraft Corp
General aviation high-wing monoplane; red and cream with a Lycoming O-320, 150 hp engine. The PA-18 Super Cub was a strengthened PA-11, itself a modification of the original J-3 Cub

Geraldine Ferraro badge owned by Sally Ride, 1984. Creator: N. G. Slater Corp
Geraldine Ferraro badge owned by Sally Ride, 1984. This Geraldine Ferraro campaign button was owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride. Ferraro was Walter Mondales running mate on the Democratic ticket in the 1984

National Air and Space Museum STS-7 Medal awarded to Sally Ride, 1980s. This medal was awarded to Dr. Sally K. Ride by the Smithsonian National Air

UAV, General Atomics MQ-1L Predator A, 2000. Creator: General Atomics
Satellite data link system, an Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) stabilized gimbal containing two color video cameras and a forward looking infrared (FLIR) as well as synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Jefferson Award Medal presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride, 1984. Creator: Franklin Mint
Jefferson Award Medal presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride, 1984. Silver-plated bronze medal presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride by the American Institute of Public Service in 1984

Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder "Flak-Bait", 1943. Creator: Martin Aircraft Co
Twin engine medium bomber.Wing Span 2, 160 cm (850 in.), Length 1, 780 cm (701 in.), Height 660 cm (260 in.), Weight 10, 886 kg (23, 999 lb). Project engineer Peyton M. Magruder designed the Glenn L

Sextant, Brandis, with Willson Bubble Telescope, Early, ca. 1919
270mm long, 240mm high, 100mm wide; 1919; bubble type; illuminated

Watch, Navigation, Hamilton 4992B, AN5740. Creators: Hamilton Watch Co. George H
3 3/4in. diameter; grey painted steel case with 24-hour steel navigation watch

Fleet Model 2, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Two-seat, dual controls open-cockpit biplane with steel tube frame, spruce wing spars, aluminum ribs, all fabric covered; with Kinner K5 100 hp engine

Arado Ar 234 B-2 Blitz (Lightning), 1944. Creator: Arado
Single seat, twin engine jet bomber with RATO. The Arado Ar 234 B Blitz (Lightning) was the worlds first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft

Sopwith F. 1 Camel, ca. 1917. Creator: Sopwith Aviation Company
Single engine, single-seat, WWI biplane fighter, with 130 HP Clerget 9B rotary engine. The Sopwith Camel is among the most significant and famous of all WWI aircraft

Sextant, Bubble, Averaging, AN 5851-1. Creator: Unknown
8 x 7 x 7in. bubble type; in fitted soft carrying bag with battery case

Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. Creator: Unknown
Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system

RQ-7A Shadow 200, 2003. Creator: aI Corporation
Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The RQ-7A provides ground commanders the ability to " see first, understand first

Lunar Module #2, Apollo, ca. 1969. Creator: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back

Cessna 152 Aerobat, 1977. Creator: Cessna Aircraft Company Inc
High wing, two seat single engine general aviation trainer. The Cessna 150 and 152 became the most popular civilian training aircraft after World War II

Flying suit, USAF Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Creator: Gibson & Barnes
Flying suit, USAF Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Suit worn by Nicole Malachowski of the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force

Heat Shield, X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle, 1990s. Creator: B. F. Goodrich Company
This metallic heat shield panel was made for the X-33 reusable launch vehicle research project that NASA and Lockheed carried out from 1996-2001

Antenna Loop, Dual, from P-51 "Excalibur III", 1950s. Creator: Unknown
Dual antenna loops mounted side by side on ovoid stainless steel plate. Loops are energized with small electric motors mounted adjacent to the base of each loop

Dead Reckoning, E-6B, Prototype, 1942. Creator: Felsenthal Instrument Co
Slide: yellow with green radials, computer: black plastic

Teledyne Continental Motors Voyager-200 Horizontally-opposed Engine, 1987
In 1930, Continental began development of air-cooled horizontally opposed engines for low-powered aircraft. For example, the Continental A-40 made the classic Piper Cub possible

Drift Meter, B-3, Boeing B-17D "Swoose". Creator: Unknown
Sighting head, missing periscopic element. The B-3 was used on bombers and transports when ground or water could be clearly seen. It evolved from the earlier Gatty drift meters

Aero Club of America Aviation Medal of Merit awarded to Captain St. Clair Streett, 1920. Obverse: relief of an eagle flying over the globe

Sun Compass, Bumstead. Creator: Pioneer Instrument Company
85mm diameter, 110 high; 24 hour dial and azimuth scale; white on black

Pioneer 10 / 11, reconstructed full-scale mock-up, 1972
For over 30 years, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent photographs and scientific information back to Earth. Launched March 2, 1972, it reached speeds of 52, 100 kilometers (32)

Indicator, Directional Gyro, Sperry, Wiley Post Final Flight. Creator: Sperry Corporation
Cylindrical shaped panel mounted instrument, with white luminous figures on black face. Badly damaged

Rocket Test Stand No. 2, American Rocket Society (ARS), 1938-1941
This is American Rocket Society (ARS) Test Stand Stand No. 2 used in ground tests of experimental rocket motors. Built in 1938, it had a thrust capacity of 200 pounds

Alexander de Seversky Navy Aero School badge. Creator: Unknown
Alexander de Seversky Navy Aero School badge. Silver anchor with wings and wreath of chain links. Seversky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor

Model, Lunar Probe, Ranger. Creator: Unknown
Model, Lunar Probe, Ranger. This is a 1/24th scale model of Ranger 1 and 2, the spacecraft series that sought to gather knowledge about the Moon in the first yearsof the space age

Camera, Kodak, 1A Autographic Junior, Lt. Lowell Smith, 1924. Creator: Kodak
1A Autographic Kodak Junior folding camera for A-116 film.Kodak F7.7, 130mm lens no.149925; black leatherette case. Lt. Lowell Smith took this No

Medical kit carried aboard the Douglas World Cruiser by Lt. Lowell Smith, c. 1924. The Aeronautic " Tabloid", replica of the official medical equipment carried by Lt

Engineering model, Mariner 2, July 1, 1976 to present. Creator: NASA
On December 14, 1962, useful scientific information was radioed to Earth from the vicinity of another planet for the first time

Slide Rule, William J. Powell, ca. 1930s. Creator: Keuffel & Esser Co
During the 1920s William J. Powell led a small group of black air enthusiasts in Los Angeles. He established the Bessie Coleman Flying Club in 1929

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