Pratt & Whitney won a 1970 U.S. Air Force competition to design the engine for the service's next generation fighter, the F-15 Eagle. The F100-PW-100 first flew in July 1972 and entered service with ...

This low power neutral particle beam (NPB) accelerator developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory was one of several directed energy weapons investigated by the Strategic Defense Initiative ...

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

Get to know the night sky in this free, live planetarium show. Astronomy Program Observe the Sun DC Metro Area Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, weather permitting. Observe the Sun ...

Born in Philippines, grew up in Los Angeles. B.A. (magna cum laude), International Relations, University of Southern California. Currently in enrolled in Masters in Intelligence Studies program at ...

This browser does not support the video element. The success of the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 relied on more than just the three astronauts who journeyed to space Kranz oversaw the planning 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.

Pratt & Whitney initiated design and development of the R-2800 Double Wasp, America’s first 18-cylinder radial engine, in 1936. With water injection and turbo-supercharging, the R-2800 produced more ...

This Guided Missile mechanical bank is the first model created by Astro Manufacturing Inc., a company created by two brothers, John and Steven Berzac, who left Duro Manufacturing, another mechanical ...

Col. Brandt served thirty years in the USAF from December 1959 through December 1989. During his career he flew five combat aircraft over a 25 year period in the Cold War and Southeast Asia. These ...

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 ...

This is a cutaway model of the packaged liquid fuel LR-62 rocket motor for the U.S. Navy's Bullpup B surface-to-air missile. An improved and higher thrust variant of the LR-58 motor used in the ...