Rocket Belt, Bell No. 2. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Carolyn Russo/NASM This Rocket Belt No. 2 was worn by William P. "Bill" Suitor while serving as a ...

For many years, I wasn’t sure if what I saw was real or some sort of hopeful childhood vision: I was in a large crowd on the National Mall and a figure in a white spacesuit wearing a jetpack suddenly ...