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Vice President Al Gore, vice chancellor of the Smithsonian's
Board of Regents, awards the Langley
Medal to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong,
Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins in recognition of
the first lunar landing mission (July 2). |
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Vice Admiral Donald
D. Engen, director of the Museum, is killed
in a glider crash (July 13). |
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The gondola of the Breitling
Orbiter 3 balloon-the first balloon to achieve
nonstop around-the-world flight-is displayed in
the Museum's Milestones of Flight gallery (September
23). Later, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the
navigators who made the historic flight, visit the
Museum and sign copies of their book about the record-setting
voyage. |
The Museum receives a pledge of $60 million from
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, chairman and CEO and
founder of the International Lease Finance Corporation.
The gift is the largest ever made to the
National Air and Space Museum (October 7).
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