The Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 is scheduled to launch the first unmanned Orion crew cabin into a high altitude Earth orbit in 2014 atop a Delta 4 heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
On this day in 1945, Japan announces that it is surrendering to the Allies; in 1957, a USAF F-104 hits a new altitude record; the FAA is created by Congress, and more...
Standing in a tight circle at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the cast of Discovery Channel's Airplane Repo looked like they could be ready to repossess an airplane or two.