Concorde breaks the sound barrier, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 becomes the first fatal DC-9 crash, NASA is born, and the F-86 and XP-59 take their first flights.
Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of wounded U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, on Tuesday announced that he will retire from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 1 in order to focus on his fa...
A close aide to Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila was among five people killed on Sunday when a small plane crashed in the country's east, the government confirmed on Monday.