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The Apollo 14 moon landing was made possible by last-minute reprogramming of the lunar module's computers. The onboard computers were able to take advantage of integrated circuits.

Practicing Safe Software

From the Gemini and Apollo programs to today’s space shuttle missions, computer programmers have learned to live with bugs.

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Propulsor Testing

In a wind tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, engineers test a fan and inlet design, called a propulsor, that could use four to eight percent less fuel than today’s advanced aircraft.

From the moment it opened in 1962, TWA’s Flight Center at New York’s JFK airport was instantly iconic.

The Airport Terminal So Beautiful It’s Reopening as a Hotel

Eero Saarinen’s birdlike TWA terminal brought aesthetics to air travel.

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Martian Gullies

This image from MRO’s HiRISE camera shows two gullies that formed from debris flow in a crater.

Wallace Dobchuk flies Twin Otters for Kenn Borek Air, a Canadian charter airline that specializes in flying in extreme weather conditions to remote areas of the Arctic and Antarctica.

Rescue at the Bottom of the Earth

An unforgiving environment didn’t stop a Canadian flight crew from doing their job at the South Pole.

Chicxulub, Mexico, as it looks today. Sixty-six million years ago, this was ground zero.

After the Asteroid Impact

Following the mass extinction 66 million years ago, life bounced back faster than expected.

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Warthog Taxi

An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 74th Fighter Squadron taxis at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Drone with microphone and ecology students

Quadcopters Go For a Better Bird Count

Ecologists are field-testing drones to record birdsong.

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Cupola Dreaming

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins grins out the window of the cupola on board the International Space Station.

Donna Rowley—the Military category winner from last year—caught the Red Arrows at the Air Waves Portrush International Airshow in Northern Ireland, September 2015. "I have tried for years to get the perfect shot of the Red Arrows, the iconic Royal Air Force Display Team, performing their highly complex showstopper, the Gypo Break," says Rowley. "My timing was always off by a fraction. Seeing this image on my camera brought tears to my eyes, and I'm thrilled it is now able to be appreciated by a wider audience."

Enter our Fifth Annual Photo Contest!

Send us your best shots by November 1, 2017, and win cash prizes.

Up to 18,000 passengers per day may be very bored.

Here’s What May Be Behind the Laptop Ban on International Flights

The threat is real, but the implementation raises a few questions.

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Intake to Your Ankles

A crew chief climbs into the intake of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a preflight inspection at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.

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Watch This Guy Catch a Ball Dropped From 1,000 Feet

Babe Ruth did it. Why not Zack Hample?

Mars could use a little more atmosphere.

Want To Make Mars Livable? Bring Back Its Magnetic Field

A novel way to terraform the Red Planet.

Lab rats triumphant: System leads and mission managers at the University of Buffalo campus cheer after learning that the nanosat lab got the go-ahead for three projects.

Inside the Nanosat Lab

Tiny satellites, big ambitions.

At Bemidji Airport, Erik Hokuf stands with a recent project, the P-51D Sierra Sue II. The Mustang won owner Paul Ehlen an EAA 2015 Grand Reserve Champion award and Hokuf’s team, a Gold Wrench.

General Manager, AirCorps Aviation

Erik Hokuf gets to build, repair, and restore airplanes for a living.

Our Grand Prize winner, from The Netherlands.

Presenting the Winners of Our 4th Annual Photo Contest

And the awards go to….

At the airshow, re-enactors help create the illusion of wartime Europe. Near a Junkers Ju 52, some pose as German paratroopers practicing aircraft exit techniques.

Jerry Yagen and the Fighter Factory

At the annual Warbirds Over the Beach airshow, a wealthy collector remakes the world as it was in 1944.

Scenes From a Violent Universe

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory watches catastrophes among the stars.

Bob Pardo (left) and Steve Wayne were nearly disciplined for the push, but squadron commander Robin Olds intervened.

Bob Pardo Once Pushed a Crippled F-4 Home With His F-4. In Flight.

…while in combat over Vietnam.

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