Aéronefs, Espace

In X-15, the exciting story of the X-15 – the iconic rocket plane of the Cold War space race – is recounted by John Anderson , curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum …

“One of the most remarkable accomplishments in our conquest of gravity.” — Sir Arthur C. Clarke   In April, 2003, a company called Scaled Composites introduced Space Ship One to the world. Spac …

The Rocket Lab: Maurice Zucrow, Purdue University, and America’s Race to Space focuses on the golden era of space exploration between 1946 and 1966, specifically the life and times of Purdue Universi …

In the years between the historic first moon landing by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, and his death at age 82 on August 25, 2012, Neil Armstrong received hundreds of thousands of cards and letters from …

Formed in 1958, NASA has long maintained a department of visual artists to depict the concepts and technologies created in humankind’s quest to explore the final frontier. Culled from a carefully cho …

A beautifully illustrated history of the exploration of space through the most iconic objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.   Throughout the whole of human history, across …

Computer simulations is a fundamental tool of the design process in many engineering disciplines including aerospace engineering. However, although high-fidelity numerical models are accurate, they c …

Stunned by the news of Sputnik in 1957, the American public were to be treated over the next dozen years to the spectacle of an all-out national crusade: the race to beat the Russians to the moon. Wh …

Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more lett …

This book places Space Shuttle Discovery within the history of the space shuttle program and provides an introduction to space shuttle technology, with a focus on the orbiter itself. Discovery’s uniq …