NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911 Moves to Final Home

Some 2 ½ years after its retirement, the second of two modified Boeing 747 jetliners that ferried NASA’s space shuttles across the nation for more than three decades has made its f
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Remembering aerospace pioneer William H. Dana

One of the nation’s most respected aerospace pioneers has passed away. Distinguished research pilot and aeronautical engineer William Harvey Dana died on May 6, 2014. His lon
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JFK Toured Cape Canaveral 50 Years Ago, 6 Days Before Death

On November 16, 1963, President John F. Kennedy traveled from Palm Beach to Cape Canaveral, Florida on a Saturday morning, where he visited Pad B at Complex 37 and was briefed by W
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Aurora 7, the flight of Scott Carpenter

To commemorate the life of Scott Carpenter, here is a NASA documentary video on the flight of Aurora 7. [hr4] An Evening With Two Mercury Astronauts This 2011 lecture features a mo
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NASA M2-F2 Lifting Body Crash

The battered hulk of the M2-F2 lifting body rests upside-down on Rogers Dry Lake after its crash on May 10, 1967. On May 10, 1967, NASA research pilot Bruce Petersen was severely i
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Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon

A video tribute to Astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Tour of California

Shuttle Endeavour Flyover of Dryden [hr4] Shuttle Endeavour Antelope Valley Flyover by AirBoyd [hr4] Endeavour Salutes Mojave Spaceport by Kevin Baird [hr4] Endeavour aerial view d
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50th Anniversary of JFK’s Moon Speech at Rice University

Here is the original, unedited speech by President John F. Kennedy given on September 12, 1962 at Rice University near Houston, Texas expressing the commitment of the United States
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NASA’s ‘Mighty Eagle’ Robotic Prototype Lander Takes 100-Foot Free Flight

With a whistle and a roar, the “Mighty Eagle,” a NASA robotic prototype lander, sailed to an altitude of 100 feet during another successful free flight Aug. 28 at NASA&
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Apollo Astronauts Tour Altair Lunar Lander Mockups in 2008

by Travis Baldwin, Industrial Designer — Bristol, United Kingdom Apollo Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Gene Cernan, John Young, and Harrison Schmitt tour the Altair lunar lander human
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