Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back. While the crew did not land on the Moon's surface, the flight was an important prelude to a ...

The XR-7755-3 is the largest, most powerful reciprocating aircraft engine in the world. During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces requested an engine with high takeoff power and low fuel ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

Richard D. Zahn enlisted in the Navy at 17 years old (1946), serving on active duty in the waning days of WWII, with the Atlantic Fleet. He then enlisted in Officer Training and was commissioned as an ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. The ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

In the P-38 Lockheed engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and his team of designers created one of the most successful twin-engine fighters ever flown by any nation. From 1942 to 1945, U. S. Army Air ...

Lee has been actively involved in aviation for 40 years. As pilot, crew chief, air traffic controller and instructor pilot he has logged over 11,000 flight hours and has received many honors and ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Forty-two helium-filled weather balloons lifted Larry Walters in this aluminum lawn chair from San Pedro, California, on July 2, 1982. Walters reached 16,000 feet (4,880 meters), drifting into the ...

Gen. Hua graduated from the Chinese Air Force Academy and worked as a military pilot in Taiwan. After completion of many missions with the spy airplane U-2 over the Mainland China, he went to Purdue ...

Despite his being denied the opportunity to become a pilot due to eyesight requirements, Richard MacLeod has always been, and continues to be, passionate on the subject of military and commercial ...