The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft splashes down in the Pacific Ocean with 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut on Oct. 8, 2026.

Off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif.  Photo Credit: (NASA)

u/Aeromarine_eng — 7 days ago

Smithsonian's Chris Browne Was the Manager at Ronald Reagan National Airport on 9/11. Article from 2021.

The acting director of the National Air and Space Museum reflects years later on the rapid grounding of air traffic across the US. Also reopening the airport on October 4, 2001.

smithsonianmag.com
u/Aeromarine_eng — 9 days ago
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Saying the "Pledge of Allegiance" at De Soto Elementary School (P.S. 130) in New York City on October 3, 2001.

The President of the US, the Governor of New York State, Mayor of New York City joining students for the Pledge of Allegiance.

u/Aeromarine_eng — 11 days ago

Ann Wickman works with her dog, Jenner, search for victims in the collapsed World Trade Center on September 25, 2001

FEMA Photos

u/Aeromarine_eng — 20 days ago
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NASA F-15 and F-18 Soar Above Washington DC to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

Photo Credit: (NASA)

u/Aeromarine_eng — 23 days ago

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander of the agency’s Artemis II mission and a Baltimore native, at the Baltimore Ravens game on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

u/Aeromarine_eng — 25 days ago
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Midwest United States at night as seen from the International Space Station on September 8, 2026

Chicago, Illinois (bottom center), appears prominently in this nighttime view of the United States—dotted with city lights including Detroit, Michigan; Cincinnati, Ohio; and New York City--taken at approximately 3:38 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above Earth. Credit: NASA

u/Aeromarine_eng — 26 days ago
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To honor the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, NASA flew nearly 6000 4"x6" American flags aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-108.

Distribution of the flag presentations began on June 14, 2002, National Flag Day, at a special ceremony held at the American Museum of Natural History's Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York.

u/Aeromarine_eng — 1 month ago
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Firefighters unfurl a large American flag on the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia on September 12, 2001.

u/Aeromarine_eng — 1 month ago
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Interplanetary Memorial to Victims of Sept. 11, 2001

The piece of metal with the American flag on it in this image of a NASA rover on Mars is made of aluminum recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers in the weeks after their destruction. The piece serves as a cable guard for the rock abrasion tool on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as well as a memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. An identical piece is on the twin rover, Opportunity.

science.nasa.gov
u/Aeromarine_eng — 1 month ago

[800x500] Sailors look at a piece of steel from the 9/11 attack on World Trade Center in New York City on the USS New York LPD-21.

(U.S. Navy photo)

u/Aeromarine_eng — 1 month ago