STS-107
Eleven years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia was tragically lost with all hands on reentry. – Mission Commander Col. Richard “Rick” Husband, USAF, a [read more...]
naval aviator
Jesse Brown
Jesse LeRoy Brown was born in 1926 to a schoolteacher and a warehouse laborer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Suffering through the ravages of the Great Depression like [read more...]
STS-51-L
On this day in aviation history in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger was lost with all hands shortly after liftoff. The 7-strong crew of STS-51-L included: -Mission [read more...]
Apollo 1
Today, Milaviate remembers the men of Apollo 1 who lost their lives in a fire in the command module during a training exercise in 1967. Military aviation and manned space [read more...]
