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Sopwith F.1 Camel

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Upper Stage, Launch Vehicle, Agena-B

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Nakajima C6N1-S Saiun (Painted Cloud) MYRT

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Ribbon Bar, WWII Victory, American Campaign, and Army Good Conduct Medals

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Satellite A Bust: Rocket Blows Up In First U.S. Try

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Vought F4U-1D Corsair

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Toy, Stuffed, Teddy Bear (Magellan T. Bear), STS-63

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Remembering the Death of Lt. Joe Kennedy Jr. and America’s First Combat Drones

Browse our collections, stories, research, and on demand content. A drone B-17, seen a year after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, when it was being evaluated for use in sampling atomic clouds ...
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What Was the Space Race?

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be ...
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The Beginnings and Basics of Aerial Photography

Picture the Earth from above. In your mind's eye, what do you see? Today, we have access to air and space technology that lets us see various views of the Earth with ease. However, before the ...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth

Joseph Kittinger traveled to the edge of space—and jumped. On August 16, 1960, Joe Kittinger went for a balloon ride. Sitting inside an open gondola suspended from an enormous helium-filled envelope, ...
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Why Has It Been 50 Years Since Humans Went to the Moon?

Fifty years ago, on December 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific. They were the last humans to visit the Moon—and the last to be more than 400 miles from the Earth. Since ...