Tag: NASA

Bow Shock Wave Caught On Camera As Starfighter Flies At Mach 1.7 Over Florida

Extremely interesting footage shows the bow shock wave around an F-104 Starfighter…

NASA Has Retired Its Boeing 747SP SOFIA Airborne Observatory After Eight Years Of Scientific Activity

The SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) aircraft leaves an important legacy…

Watch C-5A Galaxy’s Wing Vortices Tests At NASA Langley Research Center in 1970s

This video shows how NASA studied wingtip vortices using a C-5A Galaxy…

One Giant Sale for Mankind: Armstrong’s Moon Mission Companions Auctioned

From the First Walk on the Moon to the Auction Block. In…

OTD in 1969, The Iconic XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 Super Bomber Made Its Last Flight

The massive XB-70 Valkyrie is the largest and heaviest airplane ever to…