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This week we visit Florida! Home of Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center, plus Pan Am and redefining the notion of air travel.

This week we visit Michigan! The Great Lakes State—famous for being a center of automobile manufacturing—was also an important hub...

This week we visit Arkansas! The “Natural State” was the home of Louise Thaden, a pioneering female aviator who set multiple flying records, including the women’s...

This week we visit Missouri! We discuss the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, the Mercury and Gemini capsules for NASA, the F-4 Phantom, and the F-15 Eagle.

This week we visit Maine! Learn about the "Vacationland's" contributions to the Artemis program, the Civil Air Patrol, plus the group's role helping secure the eastern coastline during the conflict.

This week we visit Alabama! Learn about the incredible contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, who fought a dual war against both discrimination and Axis forces during World War II.

This week we visit Illinois! Learn how the USS Wolverine and USS Sable and the Henry Crown Space Center at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, where visitors can see the Apollo 8 Command Module, Mercury 7 capsule, and a SpaceX dragon capsule.

This week we are visiting Mississippi! Astronauts, Stennis Space Center and NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office. Plus, the Key Brothers and the pioneering area of operations for Huff Daland Dusters—a crop dusting company that would go on to become Delta Air Lines.

This week we visit, Indiana! The Hoosier State played a critical role in wartime production during World War II, including the mass production of Republic Aviation’s P-47 Thunderbolt. On the...

This week we visit Louisiana! This state is home to the Michoud Assembly Facility, which has built some of our most important spacecraft components. We also learn about the crucial role air racing played in advancing aviation in 1920s and 1930s.

This week we visit the Buckeye State! Ohio is the home of the Wright Brothers, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. On the space side of the equation, a long line of astronauts called Ohio home, including John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, and Judith Resnik.

This week we visit Tennessee! We discuss Lieutenant General Frank Andrews, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex and a thermal vacuum chamber used to ensure satellites can withstand the extreme environment of space.

This week we visit Kentucky! U.S. aviation—both civil and military— progressed after World War I thanks to the airmail industry.

This week we visit Vermont! We discuss the Green Mountain Boys, the Vermont Air National Guard, and more! Plus we highlight key industry players that have a long history of supporting the nation’s space endeavors.

This week we visit Rhode Island! We explore the contributions the US Navy's Seabees made in empowering Army Air Force airpower in the Pacific during World War II. We also learn about spacepower's role in the Ocean State through their astronauts and the Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium.