NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman presents a swatch of muslin fabric from the original Wright Flyer the Wright Brothers used to make the first powered flight in 1903 to great-grandniece Amanda Wright Lane during the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. The swatch is being returned to the museum after having been flown aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Wright brother’s great-grandniece Amanda Wright Lane, right, delivers remarks alongside her grandson Wren Wright Banhos, left, after accepting a swatch of muslin fabric from the original Wright Flyer the Wright Brothers used to make the first powered flight in 1903 on behalf of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum during the museum’s rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. The swatch is being returned to the museum after having been flown aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Wright brother’s great-grandniece Amanda Wright Lane, right, delivers remarks alongside her grandson Wren Wright Banhos, left, after accepting a swatch of muslin fabric from the original Wright Flyer the Wright Brothers used to make the first powered flight in 1903 on behalf of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum during the museum’s rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. The swatch is being returned to the museum after having been flown aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon and back to Earth in April 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

From left to right, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Smithsonian Institution Ellen Stofan, Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Christopher Browne, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III, and Wright brother’s great-grandniece Amanda Wright Lane are seen after unveiling plaques during the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum rededication ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)