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Manufacturing of Apollo 9 at Downey’s Not American Rockwell plant in 1968. | Courtesy of Columbia Memorial Space Center/ Aerospace Legacy Foundation
Once a month, Home Town Buffet becomes a meeting spot for engineers who built Apollo spacecraft.
Blue Sky Metropolis timeline featured | Henry Cram
After the Second World War, the Soviet Union and the United States entered a period of heightened antagonism as jet propulsion made plane travel commonplace and a new American obsession took hold — space travel.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. | Flickr/Rosenfeld Media/Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0)
You think you know, but you don't. A short, but interesting history of pop culture's longstanding relationship with space exploration.
Artist rendering of Mars Rover 2020 | NASA-JPL
Watch engineers and technicians build the next Mars Rover. Plus, send your name to space!
The Jones family in 1961. | Courtesy of TIME Magazine
For "Blue Sky Metropolis" director Peter Jones, a love for aerospace was a family affair. Here, he reflects on how the space race touched his life.
NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA's NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the HL-10. | NASA
A new four-part documentary mini-series from acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jones showcases a century of aerospace in Southern California and explores the intersection of aerospace and Southern California from multiple perspectives.
Launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, c. 2018 | Courtesy of Space X
Triumphs and failures have been woven into Southern California’s aerospace industry since the beginning, but the risk-taking attitude and forward-thinking culture of the region continues to pull them into this historic region.
Two flying planes | Henry Cram
Southern California has hosted some of the biggest events in aviation and has been a hotbed of innovation in space travel since the industry’s birth. Its abundant blue skies hold aloft the American dream. We look back at some milestones from the advent of the airplane through the Second World War.
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