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Land-Air Racing

The next thing in astronaut couture? And why does the guy on the left get two drills?

Vote For Your Favorite Spacesuit Design

Today’s your last chance to influence the future of astronaut fashion.

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Night EVA

Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Christmas Eve, 2013.

Saturn's rings, as seen (in false color) by Voyager 2 in 1981.

Voyager’s Space Music: The Remix

Fourteen different indie and electronica artists put their spin on the sounds of the solar system.

Video Proof: Fruit Flies Maneuver Just Like Fighter Pilots

High-speed photography shows the bugs evading their enemies using banked turns.

Mercury as seen by MESSENGER, in black and white and color.

Did Mercury Do a Hit-and-Run on Earth?

It’s only outrageous speculation, but it would explain a few things.

Theoretically, this paper airplane will fly for as long as you continue to walk with and guide it, say Stephen Voltz and Fritz Grobe, aka "The Coke and Mentos Guys."

The Paper Airplane That Flies Forever

Make your own walkalong paper glider

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Texan Aerobatics

The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team performing in their AT-6 Texans.

Captain Frank Frakes, in a 1934 publicity photo.

Frank Frakes, Plane Crasher

An airshow act inspired by automobile demolition derbies

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Station Simulator Training

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, who arrived at the International Space Station in late March as part of Expedition 39, works through an exercise in 2013 in the Cupola trainer at Johnson Space Center.

The Moon’s Mantle Muddle

Maybe we’ve been looking for the wrong minerals, or maybe our models are wrong.

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Floatplane Living

A Cessna floats on Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska.

Cassini view of Enceladus.

Cassini Finds a Sea Under the Ice of Enceladus

Gravity measurements show a body of water as big as Lake Superior on Saturn’s tiny moon.

Felix Baumgartner's flight suit and pressured balloon gondola from his record-breaking skydive are on temporary display at the National Air and Space Museum National Mall location, before moving permanently to the Udvar-Hazy Center.

This is the Team that Knows How to Pull Off a 127,000-Foot Skydive

Red Bull Stratos talks about the jump and unveils some record-breaking artifacts.

The main gallery of the National Air and Space Museum today....

National Air and Space Museum To Get a Makeover

A $30 million gift from Boeing will pay for the first redesign of the main gallery in 40 years.

The C-5 Gets An Overhaul

How the Air Force is improving its main beast of burden.

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Thunderbird Fly-by

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly-by the Las Vegas Motor Speedway at the start of a NASCAR race in March 2014.

The Sheepbed mudstone, an ancient habitable lake in Gale Crater on Mars.

Organic Material on Mars—The Case Gets Stronger

Contamination from Earth now seems less likely at the Curiosity landing site.

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Swirling Protoplanetary Dust

Dust orbits a young star in a protoplanetary disk. This composition image from the ALMA observatory in Chile shows the various concentrations of material, which could help in learning how planets form around a star.

To exit more quickly during an emergency, leave your luggage behind. And high heels—which can puncture evacuation slides—should be removed.

Those Safety Instructions in Your Airplane Seat Pocket? Nobody Understands Them.

An FAA survey found comprehension levels as low as 18 percent.

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