The stories behind the skill.

"He orbited Earth in 108 minutes. He had no control over his spacecraft. And he became immortal."

"Its evasive maneuver was: accelerate."

"America is in space to stay."

"302 miles"

"No mission in the Gemini program better displayed America..."

"Houston, we’ve had a problem here."

"Things are beginning to stack up a little."

"101 minutes"

"Oxcart Story"

"The only fighter of the war that made both Soviet and French pilots agree it was unbeatable below 15,000 feet."

"4 hours"

"363 feet"

"J-missions"

"4 hours"

"Charlie Brown"

"970 hours"

"On a spring afternoon in the ballroom of the Dolley Madis..."

"Tinker Toy,"

"October 14, 1962"

"Seven hours in a Mustang cockpit. Three hours over Japan. One chance to get home."

"waiting for the war to start."

"In 1953, McDonnell Aircraft lost the Navy's Day Fighter Competition to the Vought F8U Crusader."

"000 feet"

"It could out-climb, out-turn, and out-range anything in the sky. What it could not do was take a hit."