After their trip, Spencer and White drew this map of their route, including the unplanned stops.

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Composite showing Col. Stapp during rocket sled test at Holloman AFB, NM. Test to study effects of bailout at high altitude and supersonic speeds. Photos 1-3 taken during acceleration phase: force = ...

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Returning from the first lunar landing mission, the Apollo 11 astronauts received a tumultuous welcome from New Yorkers, who dropped a record tonnage of paper during a ticker-tape parade traditionally ...

This MTV "Moonman" statuette is the trophy given during the music television network's annual Video Music Awards. When Music Television (MTV) began in 1981, the new network about music, attitude, mood ...

Hiller began to develop his vision for giant flying cranes, utilizing tip-mounted ramjets or jet turbines, by developing a simple version that could be sold as an affordable aircraft for the masses ...

This Starship Enterprise miniature model in a clear plastic block was a prop used in the original Star Trek television series, which aired from 1966-1969. This model appeared in episode #30, titled ...

Nancy Love also recognized the coming need for pilots to ferry aircraft and identified highly qualified women pilots in the U.S. who could perform such duties. In September 1942, the Army Air Corps' ...

George Burkley was born 1 May 1938 and graduated from Saint Bonaventure University in 1960. He accepted a regular Marine commission and was selected for flight school. He completed the jet pipe line ...

Cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, commander for the Mir-21 mission, floats through the Base Block Module on Russia's Mir Space Station.

Daschle has received numerous aviation honors, including the Kansas Governor's Aviation Honor Award, the Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award, the Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award and the Donald ...