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X-35B short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) aircraft displayed at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

The X-35 on Display

The fighter of the future comes to the Hazy Center.

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Flyboy: David Ellison Takes Off

In his new film, the actor-pilot gets to combine his two loves.

Worden takes the controls of a PT-17 "Kaydet" Stearman biplane during the Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom 2006 tour.

The Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center

Pete Worden talks about piloting a Stearman and settling the moon.

Passenger Thomas Selfridge (left) and Orville Wright prepare to take off at Fort Myer, Virginia on September 17, 1908. They crashed soon after, and Selfridge became the first air fatality.

Under the Hood of a Wright Flyer

Aviation historians and restorers get a rare peek at a 98-year-old engine.

Voyager ends its round-the-world trip in December 1986.

Why was the Voyager aircraft not symmetrical?

A 20-year mystery solved.

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Starship on a Chip

Big distance, tiny spacecraft.

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How much is my Lindbergh photo worth?

Some Lindys are luckier than others.

An early plastic mockup of the Nano Air Vehicle is about the size and shape of a maple seed.

Tomorrow’s Spy Plane

A Nano Air Vehicle based on a maple seed.

Strange doings in 1936

Halloween Rocket Boys

Strange doings in 1936

The first UAV designed for combat will soon go on display.

Pilotless Pioneer

The first UAV designed for combat will soon go on display.

NASA's STEREO launches this week to watch the Sun in 3-D.

The Violent Sun

NASA’s STEREO launches this week to watch the Sun in 3-D.

View of Earth from a camera on V-2 #13, launched October 24, 1946.

The First Photo From Space

In 1946, rocket-borne cameras gave us our first look at Earth from beyond the atmosphere

100 years ago, Santos-Dumont flew the first European heavier-than-air craft.

Happy Anniversary, Alberto

100 years ago, Santos-Dumont flew the first European heavier-than-air craft.

Anousheh Ansari before her launch to the International Space Station in September 2006.

X-People

Space fans and rockets galore descend on New Mexico.

The new Air Force Memorial opens in Washington D.C.

Memorial Day

The new Air Force Memorial opens in Washington D.C.

Hubble captures two galaxies merging.

Mashup

Hubble captures two galaxies merging.

Cassini's latest panorama of the ringed planet.

Stunning Saturn

Cassini’s latest panorama of the ringed planet.

A U.S. fighter meets a Russian bomber over Alaska.

Eagle and Bear

A U.S. fighter meets a Russian bomber over Alaska.

A Mars orbiter spies on a Mars rover.

Opportunity From Above

A Mars orbiter spies on a Mars rover.

John Mather takes the Nobel Prize for physics.

NASA’s First Nobelist

John Mather takes the Nobel Prize for physics.

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