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It took on a comet in 2005. Now NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has a new job.

Round Two

It took on a comet in 2005. Now NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has a new job.

He and his brother invented aviation, 104 years ago today.

Why Is This Man Smiling?

He and his brother invented aviation, 104 years ago today.

One helicopter helps another in Iraq.

Black Hawk Down

One helicopter helps another in Iraq.

Even in the 1930s, it was offered on flights to avoid passengers' ears popping.

Gum, Anyone?

Even in the 1930s, it was offered on flights to avoid passengers’ ears popping.

The STS-122 space shuttle mission is postponed until at least January 2.

On Hold

The STS-122 space shuttle mission is postponed until at least January 2.

The International Space Station is about to become more international with the addition of Europe's Columbus module.

A Lab for Europe

The International Space Station is about to become more international with the addition of Europe’s Columbus module.

Russia announces plans for a new launch facility.

Competition for Baikonur

Russia announces plans for a new launch facility.

A scene from this year's Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In.

Wave Hello

A scene from this year’s Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In.

This global map based on satellite data can tell you.

Where’s It Raining?

This global map based on satellite data can tell you.

The only X-15 fatality was 40 years ago.

X-15 Crash Site, 1967

The only X-15 fatality was 40 years ago.

A comet-bound spacecraft swings past its home planet.

Crescent Earth

A comet-bound spacecraft swings past its home planet.

A reproduction of the 1914 Curtiss flying boat America takes to the water.

Taxi Time

A reproduction of the 1914 Curtiss flying boat America takes to the water.

Japan launches its most ambitious space mission ever.

High-Def Moon

An HDTV movie taken from lunar orbit.

Armadillo Aerospace fails to win NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge.

Bad Day on the Launch Pad

Armadillo Aerospace fails to win NASA’s Lunar Lander Challenge.

Aviators of Marine Attack Squadron 23—the "Ace of Spades"—based out of Cherry Point, North Carolina maneuver their AV-8B Harriers for an aerial refueling mission high above Iraq's Al Anbar Province.

VIDEO: Refueling Over Iraq

Photojournalist Ed Darack watches the action from the open cargo door of a C-130J

From A UH-1N Huey helicopter, Corporal Andy Vistrand, a "Gunrunner" in Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, scans the countryside of Anbar province from behind a .50-caliber machine gun.

Air War Iraq

From Al Asad Air Base, portraits of U.S. aircraft and crews in the fourth year of fighting.

Bell XS-1

The Need for Speed

How six X-planes took aviation to 7,000 mph.

The 1935 Explorer II mission was a daring ascent into the stratosphere by Captain Albert Stevens (second from left). Edward Dawson Cochley of Wabash, Indiana, sent this photo of his grandfather, great-grandmother, grandmother, and uncle, who was involved with the flight.

Photos from the Attic

From the collections of Air & Space readers, personal moments in the history of flight.

X-15 pilots in 1966. From left: Joe Engle, Bob Rushworth, Jack McKay, Pete Knight, Milt Thompson and Bill Dana.

The Real X-Men

Life came at you fast when you flew the X-15.

North American B-25 Mitchell, 1944.

The Soplata Airplane Sanctuary

Of the 20 stray aircraft his father rescued, the author remembers that first bomber best

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