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A Tiltrotor Squadron in Afghanistan
Scenes of a Marine unit flying the incredible, versatile Osprey.
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Bernard Pietenpol’s happiest moments came when he was flying one of his homebuilt airplanes—with a child or two in tow.
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If it’s got wings, it came to the right place.
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Stuck in Transit – Unchaining Ourselves From the Rocket Equation
Last fall, after much anticipation, the Augustine Committee presented us with their assessment of the future of space exploration.
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“Sorry, Goose, It’s Time to Buzz the Tower”
The 31 members of Class 136, U.S. Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland, which graduated last December, pitched in on a deluxe jet plane kiddie ride, wearing Test Pilot School livery and signed by each student. Says Damon Carson of Kiddie Rides USA, “The commanding officer and other st…
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Taking dogs and cats to new heights.
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A traveling exhibit from the space agency’s right brain.
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Coming to you in stereo.
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Help for the Orbiting Astronaut
This is the kind of thing that shows just how weirdly connected we’ve all become.The other day Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi was up on the space station, downloading pictures via Twitter that he’d taken out the window. He asked if anybody could identify a weird hexagonal shape in Australia….
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She’s got different wings now.
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Space toys can be big business. In 2007, a toy Robby the Robot inspired by the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet was given a retail estimate of $4,500. But that’s chump change compared to what Masudaya’s Target Robot (right) went for at a recent auction at Dan Morphy—a whopping $52,900.True, the 15-in…
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Given all the angst recently about NASA astronauts needing a new destination, it’s good to step back and review the options. There aren’t many. There’s the moon, of course, and Mars. A near-Earth asteroid. And one more possibility, often forgotten—the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos.Tomorrow at 3:5…
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Ice at the north pole of the Moon
Last year, India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter spent eight months mapping the surface of the Moon.
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Robert McCall took all of us to outer space.
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Above & Beyond: The Unhappy Bottom Riding Club
Above & Beyond: The Unhappy Bottom Riding Club
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Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races
Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races
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Three orbiters in search of good homes. Not cheap.
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For the scientists and engineers who drive the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, Mars exploration is personal.
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