Learn how the Wright brothers conducted aeronautical research in pursuit of making the first powered airplane.

Otto Lilienthal compiled and published a table of coefficients of lift and drag for the airfoil shape he used on his gliders. The table became quite well known and was the starting point for ...

In 1956, based on the commercialized CJ805-3 version of the military J79 turbojet then powering the Convair 880, GE began development of an aft fan engine, the J79-X220, later designated CJ-805-23.

Earth and Moon photographed together by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft on September 18, 1977.

The Adams-Farwell Rotary 5 Engine, a five-cylinder engine, was used in early aviation experiments due to its lightweight and innovative design.

The SNJ-4 is a derivative of a trainer ordered by the U. S. Army in 1935 and designated as the BT-9 (Basic Trainer No. 9). North American Aviation entered the aircraft designed by J. H. "Dutch" ...

Graduate Dallas High School, valedictorian, attended University of Chicago two years entered U.S.M.A. in 1932 via Texas National guard exams. Graduated in 1936, entered Air Corps after graduation.

Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1a on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. One of the most remarkable of the Wunderwaffen (wonder weapons) produced by the Nazi Germany during ...

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 ...

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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, ...

The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. The upper ascent stage consisted of a pressurized crew ...