Navy Lt. (j.g.) P.N.L. Bellinger, flying a Curtiss AB-3 flying boat from the battleship USS Mississippi (BB-23), makes the first US operational air sortie against another country when he searches for sea mines during the Veracruz incident.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
