Rocket Man!
#otd John B. McKay was one of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards,...
Saturn Launch
#otd October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program...
Rosie in 1945
#otd USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB-42 at the New York Navy Yard, N.Y., during her commissioning ceremonies, on Navy Day, 27 October 1945....
STS-73 Liftoff
#otd 20 October 1995 Orbiter Columbia OV-102 STS-73 lifted off from Launch Pad 39B, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), to begin a...
Rosie in the Med
#otd USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB-42 anchored in Piraeus, Greece, 18 October 1948. Some serious escorts with Rosie!...
Rough Seas
#otd USS Robert L. Wilson DDE-847 pitches her forefoot out of the water while alongside USS Midwy CVB-41 in heavy weather off the...
Columbia Launch (1993)
#otd 18 Oct 1993, Orbiter Columbia OV-102 STS-58, with a crew of seven and a science module aboard, lifts off from Launch Complex 39 at...
USS Santee ACV-29 (1942)
#otd USS Santee ACV-29 (CVE-29) a view from close aboard, taken from USS Ranger CV-4, 15 October 1942, in measure 17 dazzle camouflage....
Soyuz Liftoff (2004)
#otd Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 14, 2004. #soyuz #tma5 #baikonur...
Sea Ranger in Flight
#otd Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger Patrol Bomber in flight during tests, 13 October 1942. #seaplane #xpbb1 #boeing #wwii #aviationsafari...