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This Zeiss lens was used on the Zeiss Ikon camera Ed White used during his spacewalk on Gemini IV. The flown camera, considered U.S. Air Force property at the time of the flight, is in the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The camera and lens, attached to White's hand-held maneuvering unit when he performed the first spacewalk by an American, capture

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Letter, Santos-Dumont, Demoiselle

National Air and Space Museum Collection

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Lewis Engineering Co.

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Liberty

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Liberty 12 Model A (Packard), Moss Turbosupercharged, V-12 Engine

10 pp

The Liberty engine was America's most important contribution to aeronautical technology during World War I. Jesse G. Vincent of Packard and Elbert J. Hall of Hall-Scott co-designed it in mid-1917 for the U.S. government, which wanted a standard design in 4-, 6-, 8-, and 12-cylinder versions that could be quickly mass-produced to equip U.S. combat aircraft. Automakers Ford, Lincoln, Packard, Marmon

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Liberty L-8 (Packard) V-8 Engine

3 pp

3-D: 134.6 × 68.6 × 94cm, 260.8kg (4 ft. 5 in. × 2 ft. 3 in. × 3 ft. 1 in., 575lb.)

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License, Aviator's, Brevetto Superiore

2 pp

2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Open): 11.4 × 15cm (4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)

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License, Pilot's, Brevetto Superiore

2 pp

2-D - Unframed (H x W) (Open): 11.3 × 15.1cm (4 7/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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Lid, Biocapsule, Primate

This biocapsule carried Able, a female rhesus monkey, during the first flight to recover a primate from space. On May 28, 1959, an Army Ballistic Missile Agency Jupiter rocket at Cape Canaveral launched Able and Baker (a female squirrel monkey housed in a separate capsule) in its nose cone. Their biomedical condition was monitored throughout the flight as part of Department of Defense experiments

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Life Jacket with Camera Mirror, Glenn, Friendship 7

3 pp

3-D: 15.2 x 7.6 x 21.6cm (6 x 3 x 8 1/2 in.)

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Leimen Brothers Inc.

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Letter, Santos-Dumont, Demoiselle

Lewis Engineering Co.

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Liberty 12 Model A (Packard), Moss Turbosupercharged, V-12 Engine

Liberty L-8 (Packard) V-8 Engine

License, Aviator's, Brevetto Superiore

License, Pilot's, Brevetto Superiore

Lid, Biocapsule, Primate

Life Jacket with Camera Mirror, Glenn, Friendship 7