This week we visit the Buckeye State! Ohio is the home of the Wright Brothers and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. So, whether talking about building the Wright Military Flyer, or overseeing programs for modern types like F-47 and CCA–all paths tie back to this state. On the space side of the equation, a long line of astronauts called Ohio home, including John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, and Judith Resnik. You can learn about this and more at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton.

To learn more, please visit these websites:
Wilbur and Orville Wright at Huffman Prairie
Orville Wright
Replica hangar at Huffman Prairie Flying Field
Aerial View of Wright Field (1930)
Building 31 at Wright Patterson AFB (1930)
Convair XB-36 Structural Testing
National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB
Oct. 29, 1998 – John Glenn Returns to Space
March 16, 1966: Gemini’s First Docking of Two Spacecraft in Earth Orbit
Armstrong Test Facility History
Judith Resnik
Ron Sega
General James Hartinger
National Museum of the United States Air Force

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