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.
Mitchell Institute travels to North Carolina! 10 astronauts, the YF-102A prototype at the Sullenberger Aviation Museum, the sophisticated SAGE air defense system, and the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, which was used as the primary comms relay station between President Nixon and the Apollo 11 crew.
This week we visit New York! The World War II industrial powerhouse, the home of 31 NASA astronauts, and Eastman Kodak Company, plus so much more!
This week we visit Virginia! We talk about the National Reconnaissance Office, Wollops Flight Facility, and Langley Air Force Base, plus the Virginia Air and Space Science Center! Virginia is home of many locations and artifacts that have been instrumental in America’s air and space power story.
This week we visit New Hampshire! We discuss a massive expansion of critical airpower infrastructure, the first American man in Space, plus a full-sized replica of a Mercury-Redstone rocket. We explore the Grenier Field in Manchester, the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discover Center.
This week we are travelling to South Carolina! We find the Doolittle Raiders at the South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation, plus the USS Yorktown and former NASA Administrator Maj. Gen. Charles Borden, USMC (Ret.)—who flew over 100 combat missions in Vietnam and is a 4-time astronaut!
This week we travel to Maryland! The birthplace of 8 astronauts, home to the NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and we explore College Park Airport.
This week we travel to the birthplace of America, Massachusetts! The birthplace of space pioneer Robert Goddard and home to MIT’s Lincoln Labs, We also found a powerful reminder of the bravery, sacrifice, and dedication to duty displayed by American POWs at the American Heritage Museum.
In this episode, we visit Connecticut! Learn about flying boats, WWII-era fighters, and pioneering helicopters. Plus, the Apollo program and new technology for NASA’s Artemis program.
This week, we discover where the famed 8th Air Force was created in WWII and we learn about how Georgia Tech is a key spacepower partner for the nation—yesterday, today, and looking towards tomorrow.