This week we visit Virginia, a true leader in space and air power. The state is the home of the National Reconnaissance Office and NASA’s Wollops Flight Facility, which regularly launches rockets into space. Virginia is also a combat aviation heavyweight given the longtime presence of Langley Air Force Base, which has hosted key commands and signature units over the decades. Make sure you visit iconic artifacts like the Apollo 12 Command Module and the YF-16, one of the most successful American military aircraft ever produced.
To learn more, please visit these websites:
United States Air Force
Library of Congress
National Archives
Virginia Air & Space Science Center
NASA – Wallops
NASA – Langley
NASA – Katherine Johnson
NASA – Apollo 12
National Reconnaissance Office
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Udvar-Hazy Center
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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