The week between July 26th and August 7th, 1971 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission, which sent commander David Scott, command module pilot Al Worden, and lunar module pilot Jim Irwin to […]
When the U.S. Navy retired its fleet of S-3B Vikings from active duty in 2009, not all of them were grounded. At NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, one S-3B was being used almost daily […]
PRESS RELEASE – Space exploration just took an exciting turn at the Air Zoo in Portage, MI, with the recent addition of an interactive traveling summer exhibit named “Be the Astronaut.” This hands-on and highly […]
A little while back, we began a series of articles looking at the air-test work which NASA and its forebear, the N.A.C.A., conducted at their facility in the Mojave Desert, located within the massive military […]
During the early 1970s, a Martin B-57B Canberra (ex USAF 52-1576) took part in several NASA joint flight test programs at their Flight Research Centre within Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. This […]
Sixty years ago, at precisely 9:34am EST, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American, and only the second human being, to launch into space when his Mercury-Redstone rocket (MR-3) blasted off from launch pad […]
The San Diego Air & Space Museum is remembering Michael Collins, the Command Module Pilot for the historic Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 and a member of the prestigious International Air & Space Hall […]
While we don’t normally mark the passing of aviation luminaries… it’s hard not to pay testament to the life of the legendary astronaut, Michael Collins, who died this morning at the age of 90. As […]
There has long been a close aerospace research partnership between NASA (and it’s forebear, the N.A.C.A.) and the U.S. military. This association is perhaps best exemplified by their co-located facilities in California’s Mojave Desert centered […]
For those of us who love aviation history, there is a special reminiscence associated with the Century Series fighter aircraft, similar to how others reflect on the automobiles of the same era. These supersonic fighters […]
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