USS Constitution: A Look Inside 'Old Ironsides'

William “Bill” Swann, one of the first-generation pilots at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory (predecessor to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland), prepares to board a McDonnell F2H-2B airplane on Nov. 6, 1956. Credit: NASA Many of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laboratory were ultimately proven in the…

Country music legend Dolly Parton stayed connected to the military for more than a half century, consistently showing support for the troops over the years. Source: www.war.gov

NASA/John Kraus NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, transits the Sun during launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30, 2026. Roman is named after the agency’s first chief astronomer. Roman will survey billions of stars and galaxies with a field of view far larger…

The Department of War is America’s oldest and largest government agency, tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times. Source: www.war.gov

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged the planetary nebula NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, using the observatory’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments. The central star’s remains are responsible for the nebula’s structure, including a lion face-shaped bubble of ionized gas and dust “mane.” Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Observing across the…