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Charles M. Schulz and Walt Disney, the creators of some of the most endearing cartoon characters ever drawn, both found inspiration in the worlds of aviation and space.
The Air and Space Quarterly Interview with F-4 aviator Porter Halyburton about his time as a POW in Hanoi during the Vietnam War.
What’s new in aviation and space.
This past September, the National Championship Air Races took a final lap in the Reno, Nevada venue.
Cathleen S. Lewis, a curator in the space history department at the National Air and Space Museum, has written Cosmonaut: A Cultural History, which documents the complicated past of Soviet and Russian human space exploration.
National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia celebrates a twenty year anniversary.
The museum's ornate trophy recognizes valor displayed by the men and women of the U.S. Air Force.
The National Championship Air Races ends it run in Reno, NV.
The Museum has acquired from JPL the prototype Ingenuity helicopter that achieved the first successful free flight under simulated Martian conditions. A series of prototypes, engineering, and flight models to learn and better understand design challenges and work through solutions was required before flight on another planet could be possible.
In a lot of political and financial circles space exploration is often talked about in terms of human space exploration VERSUS robotic space travel. But most scientists and engineers who work on space missions think this question is better answered with a "yes, and."