-
Blog post categories
- Astronomy (291)
- Biology (385)
- Carnivalia (289)
- Climate (19)
- Communicating science (89)
- Critical thinking (56)
- Foundations of science (49)
- Geology (90)
- History (332)
- Humanity (250)
- Humor / Just for fun (74)
- Math (91)
- Media madness (8)
- Nuttiness (5)
- Odds and ends (41)
- Physics (46)
- Podcast episodes (24)
- Politics and science (8)
- Sci / Tech Tourism (270)
- Site News (24)
- Space (435)
- Technology (267)
- Uncategorized (7)
- YouTubing (114)
Blog post archives
Meta
-
Tag Archives: cold war
The scientific tourist #270 — the B61 nuclear bomb
This week you get the first in a series of images from the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This photo is of a B61 nuclear bomb, one of the main thermonuclear weapons still in service with the U.S. after the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged B61, bomb, cold war, nuclear, weapon
Leave a comment
The scientific tourist #267 — the F-100 “Super Sabre”
On display at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, it’s the F-100 “Super Sabre”… Continue reading
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, cold war, fighter, jet, South Dakota Air and Space Museum
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #256 — playing Lacrosse
Another interesting piece of early Cold War technology — a Lacrosse missile… Continue reading
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged artillery, cold war, missile, nuclear
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #251 — ain’t nothing but a Hound Dog…
For this week’s bit of armchair scientific tourism, I present to you an AGM-28 Hound Dog… Continue reading
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged CCAFS, cold war, cruise missile, jet, nuclear
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #248 — F-84F Thunderstreak
On display at the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas — a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak… Continue reading
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, cold war, fighter, History, Technology
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #247 — Corona
Coming to you from the Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida — it’s a model of Corona… Continue reading
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space, Technology
Tagged cold war, History, spacecraft, Technology
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #240 — a well-travelled B-47E
Coming to you from the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas, here’s a B-47E with a bit of a story behind it…
The scientific tourist #228 — the MiG-21F
Seen at the Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio — it’s a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F “Fishbed” fighter-interceptor…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aviation, cold war, fighter, History, Soviet, Technology, USSR
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #207 — the VK-1 jet engine
This week’s picture comes to you from the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Tutusville, Florida. It’s a Russian VK-1 jet engine…
Posted in Carnivalia, History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged Carnivalia, cold war, engineering, History, jet, Russia, Technology
1 Comment
The scientific tourist #189 — know your MiGs
This week I’ll talk a bit about two pictures from the San Diego Air and Space Museum — one you’ve seen before, and one you haven’t. First up is a MiG-17 on display in the pavilion (used to be a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged cold war, fighter, History, Soviet, Technology
Comments Off