National Air and Space Museum Robert
The entry-way sculpture		The V-2 Rocket
Another WW11 plane	World War II Air Craft P-15	Lunar Module

Word Problems

1. If the earth is 149,600 km from the sun  Pluto is 5,756,400,000 km from Earth,  how far is Pluto from the sun in miles?

2.  If the shuttle,  while coming back from Pluto, gets caught in Saturn's gravity field and must use most of its' fuel to get out,  what is the probability of the shuttle getting back to Earth ?

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More Photos
Air Transportation Area	The Spirit of St. Louis	The Apollo 11 Command Module	Pitcairn Mailwing
Replica of Wright Brothers First Flight Plane	A Mustang P-115	Replica of the Hindenburg	WWII Bomber

 

Scavenger  Hunt

1. Go to http://www.nasm.si.edu , scroll over until you see research, Don't Click on Research.  Next go down to aeronautics and click on it. When the page loads scroll all the way over until you see women of aeronautics. Now find the first black woman to fly?

2. Return to NASM home page, go to research, then to historical resources and click on this. When it loads you'll see a link labeled Black Wings, click on it. When this loads scroll down and click on a link called black wings story. When it loads, go down and click on early pioneers and find the first black pilot

3. Scroll up and click on the number 3.  What was the Tuskegee air men squadron number. What war did they fight in?

4. Now go up and click on 2 and find the name of the civilian instructor at Tuskegee airfield. Now go up and click on 1 to find out what year Bessie Coleman  became the first black pilot

Answers to Scavenger  Hunt

1. Janet Bragg was the second black female to fly.             

2. The Tuskegee airmen flew in the Second World War

3. In 1922 Bessie Coleman became the first black pilot

4. Tuskegee-air men number is 82

5. The lunar touch rock at the National Air and Space Museum is not real.

6. The workers at the museum made the models

When the National Air Museum was created, it was created as a separate bureau of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of congress. Twenty years later it was called the National Air and Space Museum. It opened July first to the public. This collection dated back to the closing of the Centennial Exposition in 1876, in Philadelphia, which was a well-known public exhibit. The first object added to the collection was the Stringfellow Engine from 1889.  The space age began in the 1950's and 1960's, which helped in the naming of the museum. 
             In November 1972, work on the new building continued on two parts, the actual building of the structure and work by the staff on the exhibition halls which ended up to be around 12 halls in all.  They moved into the museum in 1975.  The opening celebration was held on July 1, 1976. This was a way of giving to the Bicentennial celebration.
              In the 1980's, the Smithsonian Institute directed their attention more on research projects.  They became caretakers or curators for public programs in the form of lectures as well as the NASM Archives were created.

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Answers

Answer to Math Word Problem.

1. Pluto is 3.670 billion miles from the sun
2. If the shuttle used most of  its fuel than it could use it  in short burst and the probability of getting back is 50%.  

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. Janet Bragg

2. Bessie Coleman

3. 99

4. WWII

5. Linkwood Williams

6. 1922

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1. False, she was the first 

2. True

3. True

4. False, 99

5. False, it is real

6. False, no they didn't

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Citation

"National Air and Space Museum." 2004. Smithsonian. 15 Mar 2004. <http://www.nasm.si.edu/>.