Images made with LIDAR have revealed previously unknown ancient Mayan structures. (PACUNAM/Francisco Estrada-Belli) ...

Other collections within the Archives Division of the National Air and Space Museum which are relevant to Waco are as follows: The Hattie Meyers Junkin Papers(1906-1982), Accession #XXXX-0171.

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 ...

Through a representative in England, General Electric learned of the pioneering jet engine development of Frank Whittle. This resulted in a visit by General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air ...

The Rheintochter (Rhine Maiden) R I was an experimental German two-stage antiaircraft missile tested in the last year of World War II. Built by the Rheinmetall-Borsig company for the Luftwaffe, it was ...

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Seventy-one percent of Earth’s surface is covered in oceans, but did you ever wonder why? Join Kathy Mandt from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as she discusses where Earth's ocean water came from ...

David Desbordes is a native Washingtonian. He attended Howard University in the school year 1975-1976. He was awarded a candidacy through that University’s ROTC Program to USAFA.

This accession consists of six original photographs of Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan, and her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra (NR16020) taken during a refueling stop at Caripito, Venezuela, on June 2, 1937, ...

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 ...

A Grumman HU-16B Albatross (foreground) is accompanied by two HU-16Cs over Lake Conroe in Texas. The Albatross was designed to meet a U.S. Navy requirement for an amphibious utility aircraft that ...

Artist’s rendering depicts the forthcoming National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe gallery featuring a starry night sky at center with various telescopes and models surrounding it.