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Hitting a bull’s-eye on the Moon

I am in Bangalore, sitting awake in my hotel room at 4 am.

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Milestones

Homer Simpson crashes the Air and Space Museum.

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Spotted!

First extraterrestrial planet seen in visible light.

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Fade to Black

Mars Phoenix surrenders to the dying of the light.

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Reunions

Warbirds and flyboys together again.

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The Moon, space and other things

I’ve been asked to continue blogging on lunar exploration, the space program in general, and the relationship of both to broader society.

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Real or Hoax?

Seeing is almost believing.

The Flying White House

Presidential airplanes, past and present.

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Space Dragon

A workshop for a cargo workhorse.

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Get Down the Vote!

In the voting booth at 17,500 mph.

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Winter Kill

The Mars Phoenix lander prepares for the end.

#1. View of Earth from Apollo 17.

Top NASA Photos of All Time

50 indelible images from the first 50 years of spaceflight

The recovery crew arrived five hours after the Soyuz landed.

If I Were to Land on Mars…

A small malfunction lands three astronauts on Russia’s version of the Red Planet.

The 1984 open house at Tempelhof.

Above & Beyond: The Village of Tempelhof

Above & Beyond: The Village of Tempelhof

Fred Chadwick and Ron Beatty (foreground) install temporary fasterners that hold the skin in place for riveting.

Airliner Repair, 24/7

Boeing’s traveling fix-it team has one goal: Get it airborne.

Airman Timothy Johnson (at left) and Lieutenant Alan Proctor update the "ouija board" after a launch from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

How Things Work: The Ouija Board

Think of a shipboard chess game with airplanes instead of pawns.

Before flying on a B-32, Marchione (front, second from right) had been on a B-24 Liberator crew that included his buddies Rudy Nudo and Frank Pallone (front, second and third from left, respectively).

The Last to Die

The war in the Pacific ended as it began, with a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes

Fifty years ago, an aircraft hangar at Ohio's Lewis Research Center (now Glenn) changed markings, from NACA to NASA. But aeronautical research continues at NASA centers to this day.

Moments and Milestones: The First “A” in NASA

Moments and Milestones: The First “A” in NASA

Visitors may design one of two theoretical Mars base camps, named Viking or Odyssey, set in the year 2031.

In the Museum: The Universe in 5,000 Square Feet

In the Museum: The Universe in 5,000 Square Feet

So popular is the Navion that airplane lovers consider a complete restoration, like David Peters', the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Accidental Classic

From the designers who brought you the P-51 Mustang, an airplane with a complicated past…and a controversial present.

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