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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:

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 airstream

: 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". The "Silver Bullet" eventually left the highway for

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 From a Model T to a Silver Bullet

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" .