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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

When elevator is in up position to climb, the trim tab is neutral. The trim tab adjusted down keeps the airplane in a stable climb.

How Things Work: Trim Tabs

Small control surfaces make a big difference

After six failures - success: Although Ranger 5 cartwheeled into solar orbit, Ranger 7 delivered the goods.

The Ranger Series of Space Probes Finally Succeeded — On the Seventh Try

Did President John F. Kennedy’s speech in 1962 create a spark?

Henry Enerson, a University of Maryland freshman who runs track, is both lightweight and strong, which makes him an ideal powerplant for Gamera II.

University of Maryland Students Close in On The Human-Powered Helicopter Prize

Gamera is one of the few unusually made helicopters to have left ground.

Fifty thousand years ago, the mile-wide Meteor Crater was formed when a meteorite 150 feet across smacked into Arizona. Is another like it headed our way?

These NASA Alums Want to Build A Spacecraft to Protect Earth, and You Can Help

The B612 Foundation hopes to neutralize the asteroid threat.

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