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Stories from Diane Tedeschi

Security lines at Denver International Airport.

The Trouble With Airport Security

An expert on passenger screening says we should be looking for evil intent, not just confiscating scissors and bottles of liquid.

Bob Harder writes books from the basement office of his home in Chicago. After leaving the U.S. Air Force in 1970, he went into retail management and became a private pilot and flight instructor.

Onboard the Enola Gay

A new book examines B-29 pilot Paul Tibbets’ friendship with his bomber crewmates.

Flying in and out of sandbars comes easy for Alaska’s bush pilots.

Alaska’s Skyboys

Cowboy pilots and the myth of the last frontier.

Space shuttle Columbia, on the pad before its first launch in April 1981

The Space Shuttle’s First Crisis

A new book details the drama behind the launch of the world’s first reusable spaceship.

Chris Carter is the mastermind of the award-winning “X-Files.”

For Chris Carter, the Truth is Still Out There

The X-Files creator wants to believe.

Examining a piece of a bomb dropped during a zeppelin raid, 1915.

Terror Over London

A new book recalls the city’s first blitz during World War I.

Crash Correspondent

TV reporter Tom Costello recounts what he’s seen and learned in a decade of covering commercial aviation accidents.

Don Srull has built hundreds of airplane models, including the PWS-10, a 1930s-era fighter flown by the Polish air force.

From Models to Military Drones, Don Srull Has Built Them All

The hobby that launched a career.

Amelia Earhart and the Lockheed Electra she was flying when she disappeared in 1937.

The Flights That Never Returned

A new book reports on some of aviation’s most perplexing unsolved mysteries.

"Exploring Io"

Space Artists Go Where the Cameras Can’t

A new book shows the beauty, and the value, of space art.

Into the sunset? An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over South Korea during an operational readiness exercise in 2012.

Is It Time to Abolish the U.S. Air Force?

A political scientist says yes.

DSI’s concept for a fuel processor.

The Extraterrestrial Commodities Market

A visionary scientist says that asteroids and comets can be the foundation of a lucrative space-based economy.

Concept (ca. 2007) for an early Mars outpost.

The Next Jamestown

A new book says that a life on Mars will no longer be science fiction.

Rear Adm. Edward L. “Whitey” Feightner is a nine-victory WWII ace who flew F4F Wildcats and F6F Hellcats.

The Tale of Whitey Feightner

An interview with biographer Peter Mersky, who chronicles the long career of an American ace.

The author (in his office) has written several books on American history, including1776 and The Great Bridge.

David McCullough on the Wright Brothers

The Pulitzer Prize winner tells the human story behind the invention of the airplane.

A scale model of Kepler helps Charlie Sobeck visualize the telescope’s orientation as it changes throughout the mission.

A Planet Hunter Takes Home The Prize

Kepler’s mission team is rewarded for ushering in the Era of the Exoplanet with the 2015 NASM Trophy.

Mars, sometime in the near future.

Journey to Space 3D Opens at IMAX Theaters

A new big-screen film documents the progress of NASA’s next big adventure.

Schulman with some of his model aircraft, including a quadcopter.

Brendan Schulman v. the FAA

A drone enthusiast doesn’t think the agency should pick on his fellow fliers.

Rare Bear, sporting new war paint, heads for Pylon 4 and the "valley of speed" during the Gold heat at this year's Reno Air Race.

Is Winning Everything?

For an air racing legend named Rare Bear, yes.

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Flight Over the Hudson

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