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Close-up view of the shark skin used as part of a special glove. Small scale-like shapes can be seen.

Shark Skin Close Up on MOL Developmental Glove

Book cover: Nieuport 28

Book cover: Nieuport 28

Second-floor view of Museum visitors touring the Museum's restoration hangar during an open house event.

On the Restoration Hangar Floor

Intern Claire Pope and Beatrice Mowry at the National Air and Space Museum

Intern Claire Pope and Beatrice Mowry at the National Air and Space Museum

Robert Williams and Sandra Faber

Robert Williams and Sandra Faber

3-D Anaglyph of Grand Canyon of Gale Crater

Grand Canyon of Gale Crater

The Archives of the National Air and Space Museum

The Archives of the National Air and Space Museum

During the restoration process of an aircraft, shapes are marked to show what the original patterns looked like when painted.

Replicating the Heinkel He 219 Patterns

Negative x-ray of the front view of an early, experimental full-body spacesuit. Full flexibility can be seen in joint regions through the spring-like appearance of white lines around joints.

EX-1A Suit X-Ray

Alan Bean with Tools on the Ocean of Storms

Alan Bean with Tools on the Ocean of Storms

Cornelius Coffey teaching class

Pilot Pals Story Time: Cornelius Coffey

A figure describing how multiple layers of plywood can be separated to determine the loss to each layer

Complex Plywood Loss Explained

An Astronaut View of Our Universe

An Astronaut View of Our Universe

Col. Leo K. Thorsness, (USAF, Ret.)

Col. Leo K. Thorsness, (USAF, Ret.)

Image of the entrance of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and the Engen Observation Tower.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Examples of softwood deterioration on the interior of a World War II era aircraft. The wood is missing multiple layers in different spots.

Further Softwood Deterioration Interior on Horten Ho 229 V3