U.S. sailors assisted local authorities in rescuing the passengers and crew of Air Niugini Flight PX56 after the airliner ditched on its approach to Chuuk International Airport in the Federated States ...

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This suit was worn by the donor Len Morgan (1923-2005). In the spring of 1941 before the United States entered World War II, Morgan went to Canada and jointed the Royal Canadian Air Force and earned ...

Home Multimedia Gallery Story Time At The National Air and Space Museum In Washington, DC Download Image ...

Home For Researchers Publications Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War Publisher Knopf 2007, 6.5 x 9.5 608 pages Hardcover isbn: 978-0307262929 Hardcover Price: $35 by Michael J. Neufeld Stay ...

Following splashdown,while en route to Hawaii on the USS Hornet, Michael Collins crawled back into the command module (it was connected to the mobile quarantine facility by an air-tight tunnel) and ...

Following rendezvous with the Lunar Module after its ascent from the lunar surface, the LM Active Docking Target, made by Symbolic Displays Inc., is mounted in the Command Module Rendezvous window ...

Physical Description Magazine with case. holds 200 feet of 9 1/2 inch film on 9 1/2 x 5 3/16 inch spool; magazine housing contains supply spool, take-up spool; face has built-in vacuum gauge, exposure ...

Download Image Rectangular with upright, straight metal seat in middle and nine inert 5KS-4500 JATO solid fuel rocket motors mounted horizontally in steel rack at rear of sled; sled fitted on both ...

Members of the Star Trek starship Enterprise advisory committee take a tour of the Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory. Conservator Malcolm Collum, left, and advisory member Michael Okuda discuss the ...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of digital image scans of eleven photographs taken by Laura W. Heermance (1916-1960) in France during the Spring of 1937. The photographs were shot Le ...