Wright brothers
American aviation pioneers
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| 2023 | Robert Crippen receives Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for his devotion to public service and aerospace, recognizing his achievements as an aviator, astronaut, and leader. |
| 2022 | Retired NASA astronaut and USAF pilot Eileen Collins was awarded the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. |
| 2022 | The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum unveiled a new Wright Brothers exhibit highlighting Katharine's role. Additionally, an opera titled 'Finding Wright' by composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Andrea Fellows Fineberg was created. |
| May 7 2021 | Ingenuity completed its initial series of five flights from Wright Brothers Field on Mars. |
| April 19 2021 | Ingenuity began its first flights from Wright Brothers Field on Mars. |
| February 18 2021 | NASA's Ingenuity helicopter arrived on Mars, carrying a small piece of wing fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer attached to a cable underneath its solar panel. |
| 2020 | Charles Bolden receives Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for his commitment to public service in aviation and aerospace as an aviator, astronaut, and leader. |
| 2020 | Novelist Patty Dann published 'The Wright Sister', a less historically rigorous portrayal of Katharine's life. |
| 2019 | Michael Collins awarded Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for his lifelong dedication to aerospace and public service, including his role as a pioneering astronaut and director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. |
| 2018 | Lloyd W. Newton receives Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. Notable for being the first African American pilot in the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Team 'The Thunderbirds' in 1974, and retiring as a four-star general in 2000 after serving as Commander of Air Education and Training Command from 1997 to 2000. |
| 2017 | Henry J. Haskell's grandson published 'Maiden Flight', a creative nonfiction work about Katharine's late-life marriage, followed by a three-part biographical podcast titled 'In Her Own Wright'. |
| 2016 | Colleen Barrett, President Emeritus of Southwest Airlines, received the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. |
| 2015 | David McCullough published 'The Wright Brothers', continuing the effort to highlight Katharine's significant role in the Wright brothers' story. |
| 2013 | Marion Blakey, former administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, was honored with the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. |
| 2010 | The trophy design was redesigned from depicting the Wright Flyer aircraft to a silver obelisk with a bronze inscription. |
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