{"id":269298,"date":"2025-08-19T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=902479"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:00:00","slug":"nasa-invites-you-to-celebrate-national-aviation-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=269298","title":{"rendered":"NASA Invites You to Celebrate National Aviation Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This National Aviation Day graphic shows Orville Wright surrounded by the faces of some of NASA’s aeronautical innovators.<\/div>\n
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The first \u201cA\u201d in NASA stands for Aeronautics \u2013 so naturally that means today, Aug. 19, National Aviation Day, is one of our favorite days all year!<\/p>\n

National Aviation Day was first proclaimed in 1939 by President Franklin Roosevelt to celebrate the birthday of aviation pioneer Orville Wright, who, with his brother Wilbur, in 1903, were the first humans to achieve powered flight.<\/p>\n

Each year since the President first marked the occasion, sky-faring Americans have come together on this date in an annual celebration of flight \u2013 a time to revel in spreading our wings and slipping the surly bonds of Earth.<\/p>\n

All of us at NASA share in that celebration. We love everything about flight, whether it\u2019s into space or within Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Our aeronautical innovators are dedicated to improving the design of airplanes to carry on pioneering new technologies in high-speed flight, airframes and propulsion methods, aerospace engineering modelling, and automating airspace and safety management.<\/p>\n

Our heritage in aviation research goes back more than 100 years. We\u2019ve helped air travel become a safe, efficient, reliable form of transportation. If you\u2019re heading to an airport, keep an eye out for these NASA-developed aviation technologies you might see on your flight:<\/p>\n