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The first Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (Paris Air Show) was held from September 25-October 17, 1909 at the Grand Palais. There were 380 exhibitors and contemporary published reports indicate that more than 100,000 persons passed through the gates in the first four days alone. Since then, the Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace has grown and retained its place as one of the major events of the aerospace world. The 1975 Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace was held from May 30 to June 8 at Le Bourget Aeroport. Spacecraft development was more heavily emphasized and there were both United States and Soviet created manned space laboratories on display, as well as displays related to the planned Apollo/Soyuz orbital linkup.
Gas Dynamics Laboratory (GDL), founded in 1921, was the first Russian national research and development organization dedicated to the study of space technology. In 1973, a museum opened in Leningrad to commemorate the institution's history and displayed items such as documents, pictures, and full scale model rockets.
NASM.XXXX.0843
bulk 1975
Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 16 black and white 8 x 10 inch photographs. Six photographs are from the 1975 Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace and are captioned on the reverse and include various views of the Salyut spacecraft and its telescopes, the Soyuz spacecraft and its propulsion system. Ten photographs are undated (probably circa 1975) and show exhibits from the GDL Museum in Leningrad. The GDL Museum photographs are captioned on the reverse in black ink and depict various views of the RD-119, RD-219, and RD-108 liquid fuel rocket motors, a model of the Vostok launch vehicle, a bust of Konstantin Edwardovitch Tsiolkovsky and plaque relating to him, and a plaque on the outside of the GDL Museum.
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Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace and Gas Dynamics Laboratory Museum Photographs, Accession XXXX-0843, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Astronautics
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Rocket engines
Vostok (manned satellite)
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs