Airstream (2024)

The "Silver Bullet" eventually left the highway for the stars. Because Airstreams were renowned for being airtight and durable, turned to them during the Apollo missions:

Wally’s first attempt was a tent-like structure on a , but it was cumbersome and offered little protection from the elements. Refining his vision, he drew inspiration from his childhood experience living in a donkey-towed wooden wagon on a sheep farm. In 1931, he opened his first factory in Culver City, California, producing trailers he named "Airstreams" because they moved "like a stream of air" . airstream

The iconic aerodynamic design truly took flight in the first riveted aluminum, semi-monocoque Airstream. This design survived the Great Depression, while most of its competitors—more than 400 other trailer manufacturers—went out of business. Beyond the Road: Airstream in Space The "Silver Bullet" eventually left the highway for

The story of the Airstream began not in a high-tech lab, but with a humble request from a wife who refused to sleep on the ground. In the late 1920s, , a publishing entrepreneur with an adventurous spirit, set out to build a travel trailer his wife, Marion, would actually enjoy. From a Model T to a Silver Bullet In 1931, he opened his first factory in

: In 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins) were quarantined in a specially built Airstream to ensure they didn't bring back "lunar pathogens".