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Get a Closer Look at the Star Trek Enterprise Model
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoFilm of the model appeared in all 79 episode of the original series (broadcast from 1966–69), and the model was donated to the National Air and
Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
Las Vegas Sun· 3 days agoThe helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi takes off at the Iranian border with...
The People's Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Program, and Public Engagement after Apollo
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoTwo space shuttle orbiters faced one another, nose to nose, on a tarmac at the Smithsonian National ...
Actor Idris Elba discusses suppressed stories of D-Day’s Black vets
Military Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe men of the 320th were brought ashore during the invasion’s first wave and tasked with providing...
Twenty-Five Years Before the Wright Brothers Took to the Skies, This Flying Machine Captivated...
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 hours agoCharles F. Ritchel’s flying machine made a sound like a buzzsaw as its pilot turned a hand crank to...
How to spend a week in the heart of American democracy
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTake off to the National Air and Space Museum Dom Eames From the Wright brothers’ early experimental...
World War II veteran from San Diego remembers fallen friends on D-Day, 80 years later
KGTV San Diego· 5 days agoThursday, June 6, 2024, marks 80 years since the Allied invasion on the Beach of Normandy — more commonly known as D-Day. A poignant ceremony was held at the Air ...
How a World War II Escape Map Found a Second Use as a Ladies Garment
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoWhen Ted Maxwell was a young boy in the 1950s, he remembers his mother, Bernice Allen Maxwell, wearing a distinctive blouse. Made from richly printed silk, the blouse resembled a map of Europe—one ...
Marvin Memorial Library to host space programs, Ohio author
Mansfield News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMarvin Memorial Library will feature space and Ohio history during three programs in June. Two of...
Remembering Bill Anders: NASA, space explorers mourn death of Apollo 8 astronaut
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe space exploration community is honoring the legacy of Bill Anders, with some crediting him for...