Launching of USS Iowa BB-61 (1942)
#otd USS Iowa BB-61 being launched, at the New York Navy Yard, 27 August 1942. #wwii #ussiowa #bb61 #newyorknavyyard #navalsafari...
USS Finback SS-230 Launching
#otd USS Finback SS-230 being launched, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, New Hampshire, on 25 August 1941. #ussfinback #ss230 #silentservice...
USS Nautilus SSN-571 arriving in NYC
#otd USS Nautilus SSN-571 entering New York harbor on 25 August 1958, after her voyage under the North Pole. #ussnautilus #ssn571...
AS-202 Launch
#otd AS-202, the second Saturn IB launch vehicle lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 25, 1966. Primary mission objectives...
USS Z-39 Underway (1945)
#otd USS Z-39 DD-939 formerly German destroyer Z-39, underway off Boston, Massachusetts, on 22 August 1945. #ussz39 #dd939 #z39 #wwii...
M2-F1 Lfting Body Restoration (1997)
#otd M2-F1 lifting body aircraft on a flatbed truck after restoration at the Dryden Flight Research Center, 22 August 1997. #m2f1...
OV-103 Discovery returned to KSC (2005)
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103, atop SCA 747, following touch down at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Aug. 21, 2005 after a ferry flight...
XV-15 testing (1978)
#otd The cover of Aviation Week Magazine (August 21, 1978) showing the XV-15 in the 40x80ft w.t. test for helicopter in take off mode at...
Undocking from ISS (2001)
#otd STS-105 Orbiter Discovery OV-103 just after undocking from the International Space Station backdropped by the darkness of space and...
End of STS-85 at the Cape
#otd The drag chute of the Orbiter Discovery OV-103 is fully deployed while landing on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center, August 19,...
