Panoramic view inside the cockpit of Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow) (A19600328000).

Inventor, analyst, author, and activist: From the pioneering spacecrafts of the late 60's to satellite communications today, my father is recognized by the scientific community as a world leader in ...

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. First ...

During World War II, Lockheed manufactured the F-4, a photo-reconnaissance version of its famed P-38.

Launched by NASA in 1962, Relay 1 was one of several satellites placed in orbit in the decade after Sputnik to test the possibilities of communications from space. Relay 1 received telephone and ...

The historic Boeing B-29 Enola Gay is shown here just after being restored and re-assembled in 2003. The airplane, which received the most extensive restoration in the museum's history, is on display ...

Welcome to the Virtual Tour of the Destination Moon exhibition opened in 2022 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The exhibition explores the human spaceflight program in the ...

The Jupiter-C was a modified Army Redstone liquid-fuel rocket with solid-fuel upper stages and a slightly more powerful main stage engine. The Explorer 1 instruments recorded cosmic rays, ...

Anonymous (15) James Albaugh Claudia R. Allen and Willis M. Allen, Jr. Bob and Dori Arrington Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baecht Kimberly Caitlin Barden Jonathan R. Barrett and Ann J. Lowe LeRoy T.

GE followed with two designs of increased thrust; first the I-14 (aimed at 6,227 N (1,400 lb.) thrust) and then with the I-16. The J31-GE-3 (I-16-3) was an Air Force engine used in the Bell YP-59. It ...

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In the 1960s, communications satellites emerged as a new, effective means to transmit telephone and television signals over great geographical distances. This capability became one of the signature ...