Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
In the 1960s, the rocket-powered North American X-15 went higher and faster than any other aircraft in history with eight pilots who flew it to the fringes of space earning designation as these
Astronauts
Not just for grannies these days;
TINT KING
Knitting
An extremely talkative person who goes on & on as if they have no idea they are droning along on & on & on
A chatterbox
He’s the only president who never lived in the White House
George Washington
Gynarchy
A woman
There was room for two men--Frank Borman and James Lovell in the capsule used for their 2-week-long 1965 orbital mission in this program
The Gemini program
Get behind the wheel:
TRY POET
Pottery
Synonyms for this word include apex, summit, and acme
The climax
Andrew Johnson worked as one of these in his youth and even as president may have made his own suits
Tailor
Gerontocracy
The elderly
Known as “the couch”, the seat inside Friendship 7 was custom-made to fit this Project Mercury pilot and future U.S. Senator
John Glenn
It’s what you yeast expect:
GRIN WEB
Brewing
Among its meanings are intricate, a group of related buildings and some type of emotional problem
Complex
This 20th century president’s middle initial “S” didn’t stand for anything specific
Truman
Anarchy
No one
Though it wasn’t quite ready for combat in WWII, the Bell Airacomet first flew in 1942, making it the first American plane to use this then-emerging technology
Jet propulsion
Watch the fishies:
NON RISK GEL
Snorkeling
It’s an ancient manuscript that is the earliest form of a book; there is a Madrid one and a Dresden one
A codex
Zachary Taylor was an army general and hero of this war that gained Texas and California for the United States
Mexican-American War
Mesocracy (this class)
The middle class
Appropriately, “Little Stinker”, a nimble Pitts Special S1C, hangs upside down; in the 1940s and ‘50s, pioneering daredevil Betty Skelton flew it to win titles in this spectacular stunt flying
Aerobatics
Don’t tell David:
CLIP STUNG
Sculpting
It’s the diacritical mark seen here over this letter: â
Circumflex
The 400,000+ men and women buried at Arlington include two U.S. presidents, John F. Kennedy and this president, who also served as chief justice
Taft
Ergatocracy
The workers