In a Lockheed Vega, Sir George Hubert Wilkins, who was knighted for his previous feat on April 15-21, 1928, and Carl B. Eielson make the first flight over Antarctica.
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.
