Tag: NASA

NASA’s Retired Boeing 747SP ‘SOFIA’ to Join Pima Air & Space Museum

PRESS RELEASE NASA’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will find a permanent…

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The Irreplaceable and Everlasting Super Guppy

On August 10th, NASA’s venerable Aero Spacelines Super Guppy delivered the Orion Stage Adapter structural…

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Museum of Flight Is First to Exhibit Full-Scale Mock-ups of NASA Mars Rover

PRESS RELEASE - On October 30, The Museum of Flight will be the first site…

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50 Years Since Apollo 15

The week between July 26th and August 7th, 1971 marked the 50th anniversary of the…

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NASA’s Last Lockheed S-3 Viking Flying to San Diego Air & Space Museum

When the U.S. Navy retired its fleet of S-3B Vikings from active duty in 2009,…

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New Hands-on Space Traveling Exhibit at The Air Zoo

PRESS RELEASE - Space exploration just took an exciting turn at the Air Zoo in…

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X-Plane Files: THE LIFE OF X-1 ZERO SIX THREE

A little while back, we began a series of articles looking at the air-test work…

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Freedom 7 – 60th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Historic First Spaceflight

Sixty years ago, at precisely 9:34am EST, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American,…

The San Diego Air & Space Museum Remembers Michael Collins

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is remembering Michael Collins, the Command Module Pilot…

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National Air and Space Museum, Remembering Michael Collins

While we don't normally mark the passing of aviation luminaries... it's hard not to pay…

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