Wright Brothers Trophy

The retired U.S. Air Force colonel and space pioneer was NASA’s first woman shuttle commander.

The National Aeronautic Association presented astronaut and former Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum director Michael Collins (Major General, USAF, Retired) with the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy at a gala dinner hosted by the Washington Aero Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday, December 13, 2019. The trophy, established in 1948, honors the memory of the […]