When the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, named Integrity by the crew, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026, it marked the successful conclusion of NASA’s first voyage to the moon since the days of the Apollo program. Between the time the first astronauts traveled to the moon on board Apollo 8 in … Lunar Memento Welcomed Vietnam POW Home
In the world of aviation there are a pair of clubs in which no aviator seeks membership. The initiation fee is not some fantastic amount of money, but instead survival. The ranks of the Caterpillar Club include those who “hit the silk” and used a parachute to escape from an airplane and the Goldfish Club … Welcome to the Club
The recent addition of two training aircraft to the museum’s South Wing – the last TH-57C Sea Ranger to flying in the Naval Air Training Command and an example of the long-serving T-34C TurboMentor – have solidified the area of the museum’s South Wing just off the Blue Angel Atrium as the trainer central. It has long … Trainers Soar in Museum’s South Wing
An iconic aircraft in the history of the U.S. Navy received some much-needed tender loving care this fall. Through the generous support of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, contractors from Blast Off, Inc., performed corrosion control and repainting of KC-130F Hercules, Bureau Number (BuNo) 149798. The airplane made its final flight to NAS Pensacola on … Museum’s Historic C-130 Hercules Gets a Facelift
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, nearly 150 people, including both active duty and retired military personnel, assembled at the National Naval Aviation Museum to open a new exhibit devoted to the history and current role of aerospace medicine in support of Naval Aviation. As Museum Director CAPT Sterling Gilliam, USN( (Ret.) stated in his opening … New Exhibit Tells Naval Aerospace Medicine Story