Get to know the night sky in this free, live planetarium show. Astronomy Program Observe the Sun DC Metro Area Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, weather permitting. Observe the Sun ...

The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

The first supersonic airliner to enter service, the Concorde flew thousands of passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound for over 25 years. Designed and built by Aérospatiale of ...

In the P-38 Lockheed engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and his team of designers created one of the most successful twin-engine fighters ever flown by any nation. From 1942 to 1945, U. S. Army Air ...

Upon separation from the Army Air Corps in 1947, Morgan was employed by Saudi Arabian Airlines (TWA) flying for Arabian American Oil Co. (ARAMCO). His first aircraft was a Douglas DC-3, and flights ...

This collection consists of 954 JPG files scanned by Richard Dumas from his photographs/ negatives (both color and black and white) that include shots of the base life, personnel, and aircraft of the ...

The Little Joe II is a solid-propellant rocket for launching Project Apollo "boilerplate" space capsules on tests of the Launch Escape System (LES). The LES consisted of a tower with solid-fuel ...

John Stringfellow (1799-1883) was a designer and builder of steam power plants. A short time after William Henson patented his design for the Henson Aerial Steam Carriage in 1842, Stringfellow became ...

The 34th Bombardment Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in April 1944 and entered combat in May 1944. The Group helped with the preparation for the Normandy invasion by bombing airfields and ...

Amelia Earhart was awarded this medal in recognition of her transatlantic flight in June 1928. With that flight Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, though she was merely a ...