Pan Am Flight 7: When A Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Disappeared Over The Pacific

November 8, 2025, marked 68 years since the disappearance of Pan Am flight 7. The service, operated by a Boeing 377 ...

Batch of newly released Amelia Earhart records include her last known communications

The inital batch of documents includes the female pilot's last communications. More are expected to be released on the ...
C-SPAN

Lesson Plan: Tour of the National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum research and curatorial associate director Jeremy Kinney provided introductory remarks before leading C-SPAN on a tour of the Smithsonian's facility in Washington, D.C.

Why Did NASA Choose A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle?

NASA's space shuttle was a large, heavy vehicle, and needed an even larger, heavier low-wing aircraft to transport it across ...
Autocar on MSN

10 Very Clever features of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

Sleek, black and evil in appearance, the SR-71 Blackbird was THE masterpiece of Cold War engineering. Flying faster and ...

Smithsonian museums in DC reopen after record 43-day government shutdown

The Smithsonian’s popular National Air and Space Museum in D.C. is one of the first museums that reopened to the public after ...

Amelia Earhart disappeared almost 90 years ago. Why are so many people still looking for her?

It has been more than 88 years since the world's most famous female aviator, Amelia Earhart, and her navigator Fred Noonan, ...
Midland Reporter-Telegram

You can end a shutdown overnight — but you can’t reopen a government that fast

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be officially over, but getting everything back up and running won't ...