During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, killing 182 men and ripping away a large forward section of the cruiser.

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

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The crew of the Que Sera Sera, a Navy transport plane, at the South Pole on Oct. 31, 1956. The plane's pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Conrad “Gus” Shinn, is third from left. (U.S. Navy) ...

Lt. Cmdr. Conrad Shinn, a Navy pilot who became the first person to land a plane at the South Pole, on Oct. 31, 1956, helping to open the frigid expanse of Antarctica to scientific research and ...

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket suffered an anomaly during its sixth-ever launch today (April 29), resulting in the loss of its payload, a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration.

Initial indications showed the rocket’s upper stage reached an altitude of 199 miles. “However,” Firefly said, “upon further assessment, the team learned the upper stage did not reach orbital velocity ...

For centuries, explorers searched for a mythical Great Southern Land, but when Antarctica was finally discovered, its true name had a fascinating story of its own!

And “Rocket Rob” resorted to claiming NASA “turned to the religion of materialistic atheism (and secular humanism) to answer the fundamental questions posed by the JWST program, thus further reducing ...

In 1956, Commander Shinn, a veteran naval aviator who planned and executed the flight, touched down at the South Pole for the first time in history. It was nearly 60 degrees below zero.

Justice & Health Antarctica’s Fate Will Impact the World. Is It Time to Give The Region a Voice at Climate Talks? A new declaration aims to make the southernmost continent an autonomous legal ...