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 XV-15 Tilt Rotor technology demonstrator was the culmination of efforts begun in the early 1950s to produce an aircraft that could takeoff, land, and hover like a helicopter, but with the speed of ...

Many people consider the P-51 Mustang the best fighter of World War II. Its combination of speed, range, maneuverability, and firepower gave it great versatility. Its use in all major theaters 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 ...

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 ...

Pratt & Whitney initiated design and development of the R-2800 Double Wasp, America’s first 18-cylinder radial engine, in 1936. With water injection and turbo-supercharging, the R-2800 produced more ...

Mr. Felix R. Rigau (aka Rigau Carrera) was born in 1894 at Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy when he was 17 years old. After his military service he requested to enter the ...

The major airframe application of the Wright R-3350 engine was the Boeing B-29 during World War II. This engine continued to give useful commercial service after the war, one version of which was the ...