This week we are visiting Mississippi! 3 astronauts call the Magnolia State home, which also hosts the Stennis Space Center and NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office. On the air side, Mississippi was the site of the incredible 27-day-long endurance flight conducted by the Key Brothers in 1935 and was a pioneering area of operations for Huff Daland Dusters—a crop dusting company that would go on to become Delta Air Lines.
To learn more, please visit these websites:
Gen. Stephen N. Whiting
Astronaut Fred Haise
Astronaut Richard H. Truly
Astronaut Donald H. Peterson
Stennis Space Center
NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office
Key Brothers Aviation Museum – Meridian Airport
Curtiss Robin J-1 Deluxe “Ole Miss”
Delta: Crop Dusting to Airlines
53rd Weather Reconnaissance SquadronThe Mitchell Institute is a supporting partner of America250
Gen. Stephen N. Whiting
Astronaut Fred Haise
Astronaut Richard H. Truly
Astronaut Donald H. Peterson
Stennis Space Center
NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office
Key Brothers Aviation Museum – Meridian Airport
Curtiss Robin J-1 Deluxe “Ole Miss”
Delta: Crop Dusting to Airlines
53rd Weather Reconnaissance SquadronThe Mitchell Institute is a supporting partner of America250
Hosts
Charles GalbreathDirector and Senior Resident Fellow for Spacepower Studies, The Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence
Heather PenneyDirector of Studies and Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Doug BirkeyExecutive Director, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace StudiesCredits
Producer
Shane Thin
Executive Producer
Doug Birkey
