Parts of the Wright Flyer, the first successful powered aircraft, have traveled to space on several historic missions. In 1969, pieces of the Flyer's wood and fabric were carried to the Moon by ...

DAYTON — 118 years after Orville and Wilbur Wright’s historic flights in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wright family members are donating some of the last remaining wing coverings from the original ...

Ingenuity, the experimental Martian helicopter, will carry a small swatch of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV ...

Since the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903, aviation has evolved at a breathtaking pace, shaping human history and technology. From pioneering innovations to game-changing milestones, these ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their 1903 Wright Flyer 120 feet in the air more than a century ago today. In 1963, a House Joint Resolution passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate ...

DAYTON — The sculpture that was once the centerpiece of the invention station artworks at RiverScape MetroPark has a new home. A replica sculpture of 1905 Wright Fyler III has been moved to the corner ...

Mars, the solar system’s fourth planet, is a cold, craggy, two-mooned world named for the Roman God of war, which is fitting considering its rusty red surface gives it a blood-stained hue. Located ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Faulty welding caused engine failure that led to the 2011 crash of a Wright Brothers biplane replica that killed two volunteer pilots, federal investigators said in a report ...

The National Air and Space Museum is fortunate to have the artifact that inaugurated the aerial age—the 1903 Wright Flyer. The craft that hangs in the central place of honor in the Museum’s Milestones ...

The N.C. Museum of History is getting an additional piece of Wright Brothers memorabilia with the installation on Monday of a replica 1902 Wright Glider. The glider will hang in the lobby of the ...

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