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A 1920s hangar still stands at a Connecticut airport.
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Moments and Milestones: The Bridge Builder
Twenty-five years ago, Mathias Rust decided to personally intervene in the cold war
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In the Museum: Painting History
Restoring the sole surviving Heinkel He 219.
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F/A-18 vs. surface-to-air missile: Guess who won.
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How do a bunch of bored aerospace engineers kill time? Shoot down rubber-band ornithopters, of course.
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Anyone Need a Hubble Telescope?
NASA puzzles over what to do with a rare gift
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Happy 10th Birthday, Learjet 40.
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The jet airliner has been flying for 42 years today.
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Aerodynamic flutter can be deadly, but it wasn’t until recently that it was even understood
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Goodbye, Neil Armstrong.
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Neil Armstrong, In His Own Words
The first moonwalker’s storied aviation career didn’t begin or end with Apollo.
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Neil Armstrong will always be remembered for his “one small step” but his contributions to spaceflight are numerous
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Spacetime may not be “foamy” like some theories have suggested.
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Determining rock ages remotely would create new possibilities for planetary science
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Two probes, ready for launch, will study our planet’s radiation belt.
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A story from when the famed comedian joined Bob Hope on his USO tours
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The amazing stealth Cessna.
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The sun provides yet another mystery to solve.
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Masten Space System’s test vehicle, Xombie, took a nice ride this week
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An 1880 balloon jaunt ends with our heroine up a tree
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