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Space-available travel, also known as Space-A travel, is a means by which members of United States Uniformed Services (United States Military, reservists and retirees, United States Department of Defense civilian personnel under certain circumstances), and these groups' family members, are permitted to travel on aircraft of the Air Mobility Command under the jurisdiction of the United States ...
The DAV Airshow Outreach Program was developed to increase public awareness of disabled veterans and to serve veterans in communities across the nation. Using two B-25 medium bombers, the program reminds the public of the sacrifices veterans have made. In 2007, the museum launched its newest program by offering rides in some of its warbirds.
First woman in space. 13 Joseph A. Walker: 19 July 1963 Flight 90, X-15: First winged craft in space. Reached altitude of 106 km. 14 Joseph A. Walker: 22 August 1963 Flight 91, X-15: Reached altitude of 108 km. Walker becomes first person to fly into space twice. X-15-3 (serial 56-6672) becomes first vehicle to fly into space twice. 15 Vladimir ...
Wounded Eagles UAS provides training for wounded veterans who are interested in finding pathways to the commercial drone industry. Pensacola program teaches veterans to fly and repair drones for ...
This Veterans Day is an opportunity to remind our citizens about the challenges veterans may face both during and after their time in service. Op/Ed: US military veterans deserve support in their ...
He was assigned to Space Shuttle Medical Operations and to the joint US/Russian Space Program. From February 1996 to May 1997 he served as a flight surgeon for NASA personnel deployed to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center , Star City, Russia , followed by work in the Center for Flight Control in Korolyov , Russia, in support of the ...
The two astronauts who will spend extra time at the International Space Station are Navy test pilots who have ridden out long missions before. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been ...
The Shuttle–Mir program (Russian: Программа «Мир»–«Шаттл») [a] was a collaborative space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to allow American astronauts to engage in long-duration ...