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Wheels Stop

Final odometer reading: 541 million miles.

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Whistling in the Airlock

Mike Fossum and Ron Garan explain

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The View Out Sergei’s Window

Final photos of a space shuttle in orbit.

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Faded Flags on the Moon

The probable current state of the Apollo American flags on the Moon: Symbolic?

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Rutan’s Last Project: What The…?

A “roadable aircraft” called Bipod

021115-N-5862D-002 NAS PENSACOLA-- "Just Hanging Around" Hospital Corpsman Second Class, Jerry Morrish, 33 from Katy, Texas., demonstrates how students at the Naval Survival Training Institute get familiarized to a parachute harness' and how it is controlled.(Photo by PHC(NAO) Chris Desmond COMNAVCRUITCOM)

Harnessing New Aviators

Naval aviation trainees take a virtual look before they leap.

In this synthetic image, the Opportunity Mars rover explores Endurance Crater.

Occupy Mars

Adventures in Martian science and imagination.

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Mapping Moonlight

A spacecraft’s six-month study of light and shadow.

The flight crew gets tough: Practicing how to disable drunks.

The Not-So-Friendly Skies

The history (and danger) of alcohol on airplanes

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Passenger Rights and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Why a delayed departure became even more delayed.

"Task Force Hornets" by Lawrence Beal-Smith, 1943.

The Battle of Midway, 69 Years Later

“The Battle of Midway was probably the most important battle in the Pacific war during World War II”

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The Astronaut’s Life

“How does it feel to be part of history?”

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Glass Clipper

A 1930s scene, recreated in an office window.

A Boeing YB-17 flies over the Cascade Mountains. Though the B-17 program initially lost out to the cheaper Douglas B-18, the U.S. Army Air Corps saw so much potential in the B-17’s design that funds were made available to continue developing the aircraft.

Beautiful Bombers

A new book documents the glory of the World War II aircraft

110706-N-QL471-084 ARABIAN GULF (July 6, 2011) Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Martin Jimenez gives Sailors a safety briefing before flight deck safety drills aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility on its first operational deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Billy Ho/Released)

Orchestrating Safety

A safe aircraft carrier is music to their ears.

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The Last to Fly

A few observations about the STS-135 shuttle astronauts, the last people to fly the 30-year-old spaceplane into orbit

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End of an Era

The space shuttle’s final liftoff. Still hard to write those words

The crew of STS-135, from right, Sandy Magnus, Doug Hurley, Chris Ferguson and Rex Walheim pose for a group photo as the space shuttle Atlantis is moved from the Orbiter Processing facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Florida. The move, known as rollover, is a milestone in the preparation for launch as the orbiter leaves its processing hangar to be prepped for its final flight. ( NASA Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool ).

Final Four

The last space shuttle astronauts head into orbit.

Top Ten Shuttle Memories

Highlights from America’s longest-lived space program.

Poster Boys (and Girls)

Astronauts show a lighter side in their unofficial crew posters

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