Mojave Virtual Museum


	In the air. Cathy Hansen collection
	On January 7th, 1986, Voyager came home. It had seen a lot of the world since it last saw its birthplace, and the next stop would be the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Cathy Hansen collection.
	At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, Voyager was a star. It is shown here in the summer of 1988. A Radecki photos

	On take-off for its around-the-world flight, voyagers wings were so heavy with fuel that they scraped along the runway at Edwards. Constructed of a foam core covered with composite material, the scraping severed the vertical winglets which were supposed to enhance the efficiency of the wing. NASM folks left the wing tips in the as-scraped condition when they put the Voyager on display.