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How They Trained

Rare archival footage shows Army pilots learning to fly Jennies in 1917.

Cassini tracks a long-lived lightning storm on Saturn.

Storm and Shadow

Cassini tracks a long-lived lightning storm on Saturn.

In a typical two-ship formation, B-1Bs fly a 1998 training mission near Meteor Crater in Arizona, one of the few holes in the ground bigger than a B-1 could make.

The Bone is Back

Too trouble-prone for nuclear alert and sidelined in the first Gulf War, the B-1 is today the busiest bomber in the fleet.

Habersetzer operates out of Marabou Landing, a lodge about 230 miles southwest of Anchorage.

School of Hard Rocks

Loni Habersetzer teaches pilots how to land on the harshest terrain.

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A Place in the Sun

Earth dwellers view the sun from 93 million miles away. What will NASA’s next solar probe see from up close?

The gum wrapper is modern, but the medallion, scraps of paper, and builder's plate (with the aircraft's serial number) go back to the Hawker Hurricane's years of operation in World War II.

Stowaways

The strange things restorers find in old aircraft.

Three to get ready: Astronauts (from left) Satoshi Furukawa, Akihiko Hoshide, and Naoko Yamazaki are all in training for duty on the space station.

Konnichi Wa, Kibo

The International Space Station says hello to its newest addition, made in Japan.

Peggy Krainz and pilot David Potuznik go for a spin over Gmunden, Austria. Krainz is also a general aviation flight instructor and plans to train wingwalkers.

My Wingwalker

If you think it’s nerve-wracking on the wing, try being the one in the cockpit.

Wilbur (holding onto the tail boom, suit wrinkled by prop blast) and Orville Wright (standing at front, cap backward) had high hopes that the Baby Grand would win the speed contest at Belmont. But the little racer never made it to the final event.

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Aeroplane!

In 1910, showmen flew death-defying stunts in Wright airplanes. Sometimes, death won.

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The Misunderstood Professor

When he suggested in a 1920 treatise that rockets could reach the moon, Robert Goddard sparked a public frenzy.

Art Scholl's Chipmunk (center, with the red and white stripes and the leading edges of the wings painted blue) hangs in the Boeing Aviation Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F.Udvar-Hazy Center.

Airplanes of the Stars

Show performers talk about their favorite rides.

Conservator Hanna Szczepanowska assesses the solar cells on a replica Vanguard satellite; the original will remain in orbit until at least 2109.

In the Museum: Second, But Still Up

Fifty years after launch, Vanguard 1 remains in orbit.

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Above & Beyond: Mission Unaccomplished

Memorable flights, and other adventures

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Oldies and Oddities: Homebuilt Radiation Belt

From the Attic to the Archive

The last U.S. F-4s were retired in 1996 (a U.S. Air Force RF-4C during the Vietnam War); about 800 still fly worldwide.

Moments and Milestones: The Phantom at 50

Producted in Cooperation with the National Aeronautic Association

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The Value of History in the Air Force

A talk with Dick Anderegg, Air Force Historian.

Spring brings new life to a World War One classic.

Facelift for a Canuck

Spring brings new life to a World War One classic.

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An Airman’s Hymn

An Airman’s Hymn

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NASA’s Art Rides the Rails

A rolling exhibit brings space exploration to small-town America.

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Flying Crooked

Flying Crooked

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