With its cool blue hues, this snow globe evokes the wonder of the night sky bathed in moonlight. When shaken, the converging patterns of the sparkling matter are like stars flashing and swirling before your eyes.

Starting with the records of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, formed in 1915 to study problems of flight and to conduct research in aeronautics, the National Archives holds in trust the records of NASA and other records related to aeronautics, including the Wright brothers' patent for their flying machine.