EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017: Exhibitors - Space Exploration

By Fred Harl

The Aero Experience concludes our coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 by featuring the exhibits of two major actors in space exploration, Blue Origin and NASA. Blue Origin brought an impressive rocket display, calling attention to its reusable rocket and manned spacecraft development projects. The company plans to begin launching space tourists by 2019. The NASA indoor exhibit illustrated a variety of technologies developed through the U.S. space program, including flight testing at Langley Research Center, diesel-electric aircraft power, the Orion spacecraft and the International Space Station.