From ancient to modern times, people have studied "the heavens" and wondered "what's out there?" Technology helps us to take a closer look. Meet the pioneers of space and aviation in this collection of stories.
On the 18th of October, 1989, NASA launched a spacecraft - called "Galileo" - to orbit the planet Jupiter.
This government-produced documentary - entitled "Negro Pilots" - introduces the American public to the first graduates of the Tuskegee Institute's mil...
At the beginning, the Tuskegee Airmen were not given much of a chance to participate in war zones (after they finally achieved the right to fly miliar...
"Sully," starring Tom Hanks, depicts a miracle instead of a disaster when all people aboard Flight 1549 survive a water-landing in the Hudson.
"Houston, we've had a problem," are the words Apollo 13's crew used to alert ground control of a near-fatal episode in space. Did the crew of Apollo 1...
The Crab Nebula moves through space, propelled by a dynamic pulsar (short for PULSating stAR.
In this clip from "On Freedom's Wings: Bound for Glory," Luther H.
"Red Tails" is a LucasFilm movie inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen and their days of combat action: Terrence Howard portrays a character based on Lt.
Robert Goddard was given the title "Father of Modern Rocketry" by NASA for his impact on the science of rockets.
Ronald Reagan became America's 40th president on January 20, 1981.
On the 15th of February, 2013 a weather satellite - known as Meteosat-9 - captured images of an unexpected meteor as it broke into Earth's atmosphere.
As he was driving in the town of Kamensk-Uralsky, located north of Chelyabinsk (zoom-in on this Google map to compare the relative locations), Alex Iv...
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