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Son of Transhab

NASA buys back its own technology for inflatable space modules

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Calm After the Storm

A C-17 waits to take off from American Samoa.

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Some Thing on the Wing

Quite a shock out my airplane window

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Why Do Airliners Have Teething Problems?

If they’re introducing new technology, problems are almost guaranteed

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New View of an Old Probe

Watch an animation showing how the Huygen’s probe landed on Titan.

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Stratomouse!

In the 1950s, balloons carried live mice to near-space to study how the trip might affect astronauts

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Looking Homeward

The view from Mercury.

Major Brandon “Cracker” McBrayer, an instructor pilot at Luke, merges with a MiG-29 adversary in a flight simulator. One Viper pilot equates flying the F-16 to "driving a Ferrari, whittling a piece of wood, and playing Stratego—all at the same time."

Taming the Viper

At Luke Air Force Base, young pilots learn to fly the F-16

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Rocks on the Move

Is this the best asteroid visualization yet?

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Documenting the View From the Road, er, Orbit

The ISS sends images down to Earth.

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First English Channel Crossing

On this day, a couple of aviators made it from England to France via balloon.

Still from "Sean Tucker's Oracle Challenger III teardown".

Tucker’s Teardown

The final act of the airshow season, in time-lapse

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Hugh L. Dryden and the American Space Program

Congress has proposed that the name of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center be re-named to honor Neil Armstrong. Should it?

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Put It Out

On this day in 1998, a passenger’s death led to the ban on in-flight smoking.

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Under a Winter Moon

On the Winter Solstice, new arrivals at the International Space Station.

Luna 1, the first escapee from Earth.

The Luna 1 Hoax Hoax

How the world’s first lunar mission got mired in cold war conspiracy theories

Used primarily for medevac missions during the Korean War, the Sikorsky HO5S-1 was also an observation platform, artillery spotter and troop transport.

The Sikorsky HO5S-1 Made its Name Flying Medevac Missions in Korea.

More than 10,000 troops were evacuated.

Cessna 172 single engine aircraft (N61848), flies overhead after becoming airborne.

Smaller Airplanes Can Help Conquer Fear of Flying

An engineer faces his fears in a Cessna 172.

A Sabena DC-6B from the mid-1950s, as pictured in a Sabena postcard.

When Airplanes Had Beds

In 1955, some transatlantic flights still offered sleeper berths.

Final Four (left to right): Doug Hurley, Sandy Magnus, Rex Walheim, and Chris Ferguson on the flight deck of Atlantis, just before leaving the International Space Station.

The Last Shuttle Flight

On board Atlantis, the closing of an era.

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