The XV-15 Tilt Rotor technology demonstrator was the culmination of efforts begun in the early 1950s to produce an aircraft that could takeoff, land, and hover like a helicopter, but with the speed of ...

Enjoy views of the Moon, along with other night sky objects, at the Udvar-Hazy Center, weather permitting. Astronomy Program Observe the Sun DC Metro Area Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 3:00 ...

Dragonflies and other flying insects flap their paper-thin wings very fast to help them fly. Their bodies are thin and sleek.

Teledyne CAE began developing the J402-CA-400 (CAE Model 370) in 1972 to power the U.S. Navy's McDonnell Douglas AGM-84A Harpoon, an antiship missile that could be launched from surface ships, ...

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NASA’s nine trips to the Moon in the 1960s and ’70s would not have been possible without guidance computers This browser does not support the video element. This browser does not support the video ...

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 ...

During the Apollo 11 mission, astronaut Michael Collins did not step foot on the Moon, but the mission would not have been possible without this highly skilled command module pilot Collins spent 27 ...

The Laser Ranging Retroreflector is a device that reflects light so that the paths of the reflected rays are parallel to those of the original rays. Instruments placed on the lunar surface were used ...

The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

First flown in 1953, the F-100 Super Sabre was developed from the F-86, and was the world’s first fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. Used widely during the Vietnam War, the North ...

The first supersonic airliner to enter service, the Concorde flew thousands of passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound for over 25 years. Designed and built by Aérospatiale of ...