This summer, a new generation of aerospace explorers will get an up-close look at careers in STEM through the 2025 Junior ...

Elementary students will explore flight and engineering this summer at NASA’s Junior Test Pilot School, held at iconic ...

A new generation of aerospace explorers will soon embark on a hands-on summer experience focusing on careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM). This month, NASA’s Armstrong ...

Students from Tropico Middle School in Rosamond, California, build their own paper planes as part of a project during NASA ...

The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to ...

12:39 Why it took two Buicks to start a Blackbird 14:30 The SR-71's fuel leak myth 15:24 How ... National Archives, NASA, US Department of Defense. Note: The appearance of U.S. Department of ...

On the cover of Aviation Week’s Jan. 20, 1990, issue, a U.S. Air Force/Lockheed SR-71 flies over Lake Almanor ... with three aircraft slated to go to NASA for flyable storage.

Jets like the MiG-25 and MiG-31 could also hit Mach 3, but they weren't able to sustain that velocity for very long unlike the SR-71, which could hold Mach 3 for around 90 minutes. Former SR-71 ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the United States' most ... The USAF briefly took it out of mothballs in 1998 before handing it over to NASA, which operated it for research purposes until 1999.

but NASA continued to use four Blackbirds through the 1990s and early 2000s. At the SR-71’s service ceiling of 85,000 feet, it was possible to see the curvature of the Earth; it was an excellent ...