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Stories from Linda Shiner

The deep blue egg is an ancient impact crater; court markings are overlaid on the photo to show dimensions.

After the Game, Roll Out a Planet

A heavy-duty vinyl map the size of a basketball court.

Jack Dailey in his early days as a Marine aviator.

The Kid in the Corsair Cockpit

Jack Dailey looks back on his flying career.

“Loving old airplanes, I tend to go up to people and ask them if I can help with theirs,” says Rohaise Firth-Butterfield, standing beneath the wing of the Collings Foundation B-24 during its visit to the San Antonio airport.

Rohaise Firth-Butterfield, USAF Reserve Officer Candidate

This young pilot is chasing her dream to fly the C-5 galaxy.

Winner Hillary Andales accepts her “science Oscar” from actress Lily Collins (left) and philanthropist Julia Milner (next to Collins), as her stage escort waits.

Enter Video Contest, Win $350,000

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge to high school students: Explain a big scientific idea with a little film.

Once the scourge of the Pacific, a Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero cruises placidly over Puget Sound, part of the stunningly restored Flying Heritage air force.

Where Real Warbirds Go to Fly

At the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, the thrill of standing face to face with the past.

After arriving at the Museum in 2000, Jack Dailey stood with Museum patron John Glenn by a model of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

A Farewell Salute to Jack Dailey

The National Air and Space Museum’s longest-serving director steps down.

Moujan Zolfaghari (right) portrays an animate spaceship. Alden Ford and Seth Lind (center) act in and edit Zyxx episodes.

Join Seth Lind and Friends on a Mission to Zyxx

The podcast that goes where no others have gone before.

Beneath the giant Saturn V rocket (an authentic dynamic test vehicle) at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, astronauts-to-be hear stories of pioneering rocketeers.

Space Camp May Be Habit Forming

When camp is a career path.

Professor Greg Odegard (center) works with students on the Michigan Tech SUPERIOR computer cluster, to be used to simulate carbon nanotube materials.

Strong Stuff

These students are designing materials tough enough to land on another planet.

Berlin Express skirts the coast of Greenland, with friendly icebergs below.

Crossing the Atlantic in a Mustang, With Mr. Conservative in the Pilot’s Seat

Even when you’re the world’s best, it pays to be prepared.

Vera Rubin works with a telescope at Lowell Observatory in Arizona in 1965.

Vera Rubin Made “Dark Matter” a Household Phrase

Years later, the astronomer recalled her “incredible delight” in the discovery for which she was most famous.

With the clock running, Nick Ohi (with laptop) and Jared Strater (to his left) update Cataglyphis near home base.

From a Massachusetts Field to the Plains of Mars

My robot is smarter than your robot.

Heritage Flight Museum’s Interstate Cadet and replica Zero will reenact a 1941 encounter.

A Pilot Rediscovers a Pearl Harbor Hero

The Heritage Flight Museum pays tribute to a civilian flight instructor who went on to serve her country.

Representing North American Aviation, Hoover first appeared on the airshow circuit in the 1950s flying a Mustang.

R.A. “Bob” Hoover Dies at 94

Aviation fans lose one of the greatest pilots who ever flew.

Cornelia Fort was one of 1,074 women to fly for the Army Air Forces in the war.

A Pearl Harbor Disappearance May Finally Have Been Solved

Flight instructor Cornelia Fort faced a close call on that infamous day, but her plane was thought to have been lost to history

More than 100,000 people attend the California Capital Airshow in Sacramento. The show has entertained Californians and their neighbors since 2004.

A New Home for a Historic Airplane Competition

Expertly restored vintage aircraft will be on view once again—in Sacramento.

North American test pilot George Welch went supersonic in one of the three XP-86s his company built. But when?

The Mach 1 Whodunit

Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.

Judges for an aviation heritage event at the Reno Air Races knew immediately that the Berlin Express was a restoration worthy of the grand prize.

One Mustang, Three Awards

The Berlin Express pulls off a historic hat trick at the National Aviation Heritage Invitational.

We are the champions: Pilot Hoot Gibson (left) and owner Tiger Destefani celebrate Strega’s 12th win at the National Championship Air Races.

Astronaut Hoot Gibson Wins Gold at Reno

At the 2015 National Championship Air Races, the cheer was “Root for Hoot!”

A CH-46E Sea Knight throws out infrared countermeasures during 2009 tests at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

A Marine Legend Arrives at the National Air and Space Museum

The Phrog goes into retirement.

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