Mitsubishi was the first and largest series producer of Japanese engines during World War II, with a 1937 Pratt & Whitney arrangement possibly contributing to this success. The Kasei (Mars) was the ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Photo: Victor and Adele Galindo, 1974, Glendale, CA (while working at JPL) Inventor, analyst, author, and activist: From the pioneering spacecrafts of the late 60's to satellite communications today, ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. The V ...

Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back. While the crew did not land on the Moon's surface, the flight was an important prelude to a ...

Thomas W. Sima is a retired US Air Force fighter pilot. He flew the F-86 Sabre jet in the same squadron as my husband, Lt. Col. Gus Molderstad, during the Korean War. While flying an F-105 during the ...

Because the Wright Brothers’ initial and primary objective was demonstration of heavier-than-air flight, their early engines, which they designed and manufactured themselves, were very similar and ...

Chief, Airspace and Offshore Management Section, Vandenberg AFB, CA. Lt. Colonel United States Air Force Reserve Selected by the NASA Shuttle Chase Team as the Ground Control Intercept Air Controller ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Near the end of World War II, Vice Admiral Onishi Takijiro recommended that the Japanese navy form special groups of men and aircraft to attack the American warships gathering to conduct amphibious ...