Bill, a Project Engineer at PRATT & WHITHEY, was instrumental in the success of the BOEING 747 as Production and Performance Department head of the JT9D engines that powered the plane. The 747 was of ...

This is a part of a pair of G3-C gloves worn by Walter "Wally" Schirra, Jr. during training of the Gemini program. These gloves were originally constructed by the B. F. Goodrich Company, but were ...

This is a model of unknown scale of the Hound Dog AGM-28, a U.S. Air Force air-to-ground missile which also had the designation Hound Dog GAM-77. Carried by and launched from B-52 intercontinental ...

Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were meant to be the third Apollo crew to journey to the Moon on a lunar landing mission. On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 astronauts launched from Kennedy ...

When naval air strategists had crafted the requirements for the new fighter, the need for speed had overridden all other performance goals. With this in mind, the Bureau of Aeronautics selected the ...

In this 2011 Ask an Expert talk, Dr. Roger Launius explores the 1947 Roswell Incident, an event that entangled the United States Army in UFO conspiracy theories that persist to this day. To understand ...

In the mid 1940s, a young Lyle Tuttle (1931–2019) was lured into the then-underground culture of tattoo art after seeing the intriguing tattoo designs on U.S. servicemen returning home from World War ...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most significant recent advance in navigation and positioning technology. In the past, the stars were used for navigation. Today's world requires greater ...

Served as the USAF Project Engineer for the Lightweight Fighter Prototype Program (General Dynamics YF-16 and Northrop YF-17) 1970-72. Continued as the USAF Chief System Engineer for the F-16 System ...

This glimpse into the future is made possible by Astrobotic Technology, which houses the museum in the front of its sprawling 47,000-square-foot headquarters. Astrobotic is one of several private ...

The National Air and Space Museum's Teacher Innovator Institute (TII) will welcome up to 30 teachers from across the United States each summer. Teachers will remain with the program for two summers, ...

After their trip, Spencer and White drew this map of their route, including the unplanned stops.