Langley Medal

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Smithsonian Institution award aeronautics award

The Langley Medal is a prestigious Smithsonian Institution award honoring pioneering achievements in aeronautics and astronautics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Langley Gold Medal	1
Langley Medal canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Smithsonian Institution award ⓘ aeronautics award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Langley Medal ⓘ surface form: Langley Gold Medal
associatedWith	National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
awardFor	outstanding contributions to the science of aeronautics ⓘ outstanding contributions to the science of astronautics ⓘ
awardingBody	National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: National Air and Space Museum
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	aeronautics ⓘ astronautics ⓘ
firstRecipient	Orville Wright ⓘ Wilbur Wright ⓘ
frequency	irregular ⓘ
hasCategory	American science and technology awards ⓘ aeronautics awards ⓘ awards established in 1909 ⓘ
inception	1909 ⓘ
locationOfAwardCeremony	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ
namedAfter	Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
namedForOccupation	aeronautical pioneer ⓘ
namedForPosition	third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
notableRecipient	Alan Shepard ⓘ Buzz Aldrin ONNED1 ⓘ Charles Lindbergh ⓘ surface form: Charles A. Lindbergh Charles Stark Draper ⓘ Christopher C. Kraft Jr. ⓘ George M. Low ⓘ Glenn Hammond Curtiss ⓘ surface form: Glenn H. Curtiss Hugh L. Dryden ⓘ James H. Doolittle ⓘ John Glenn ⓘ Joseph F. Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxime A. Faget ⓘ Michael Collins ⓘ Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ Robert H. Goddard ⓘ Wernher von Braun ⓘ William Henry Pickering ⓘ surface form: William H. Pickering
presentedBy	Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
purpose	to honor pioneering achievements in aeronautics and astronautics ⓘ

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Robert H. Goddard → awardReceived → Langley Medal ⓘ

Langley Medal → alsoKnownAs → Langley Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Langley Gold Medal