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Falcon in Flight

An F-16 Fighting Falcon is photographed from the KC-135 that just refueled it.

Ride along with a Mars rover, or a moon rover. Both trips are possible in VR.

The Year in VR: From Pearl Harbor to the Stratosphere

A sampler of virtual reality air and space experiences that came out in 2016.

16,000 Gs? That’s all you got?

These Tiny Creatures Can Withstand an Astonishing 16,000 Gs

The ultimate animal survivor would still have a hard time on other planets.

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A Wet Take-off

A B-2 Spirit taxis in a downpour at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

Alcoholic drinks weren't served on domestic U.S. flights until 1949.

In 1950, Airlines Didn’t Serve Liquor Over Dry States

Remembering when the drinks cart was subject to some very complicated laws.

The Chang’E-3 lander spacecraft on the Moon. The two upcoming lunar missions will probably use landers similar to this one.

China’s Moon Missions Are Anything But Pointless

The value of the nation’s lunar robotic missions goes beyond science.

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Continental Outlines

The view of Europe and Africa at night from the International Space Station.

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California’s Snow Sentinel

When all your water is in the snowpack, you better keep your eyes on the mountaintops.

The Zerotech Dobby.

Small Is the Next Big Trend in Consumer UAVs

JetJat, Dobby and other nanodrones.

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Time to Celebrate

Fireworks over Yakota Air Base in Japan during the 2016 Japanese-American Friendship Festival last September.

George McGovern training at Hatbox Field, Muskogee, Oklahoma, October 1943.

George McGovern’s WWII Diary

Notes from the one-time presidential nominee’s 35 combat missions.

Associate Professor Jason Kring advises the student group working on MEERS.

The Martian RV

What says home better than a 1976 Airstream trailer?

Vera Rubin works with a telescope at Lowell Observatory in Arizona in 1965.

Vera Rubin Made “Dark Matter” a Household Phrase

Years later, the astronomer recalled her “incredible delight” in the discovery for which she was most famous.

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Shuttle Payload

In 1992, space shuttle Columbia brought to space the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1, mounted in its cargo bay, and operated remotely by scientists on the ground.

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Boom Deploy

A close view of the boom deployed from an MC-130H Combat Talon II to refuel a CV-22 Osprey during training over Hurlburt Field in Florida.

The fossilized brain of an Iguanodon.

This Pebble Turns Out to Be a Fossilized Dinosaur Brain

And iguanodons may have been smarter than we thought.

The ominous-looking DroneGun can fire directed radio beams at drones over a mile away.

How to Shoot Down a Drone

…without actually shooting.

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Takeoff for Airdrop

A C-130H Hercules takes off from Mansfield Lahm Air National Guard Base in Ohio to perform an airdrop exercise.

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly in flight.

Trillions of Migrating Insects Take to the Sky Every Year

And that’s just over one part of England.

Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt play starship "Passengers" who wake from hibernation decades too early.

How Plausible Is the New Science Fiction Movie Passengers?

We asked a NASA contractor working on Mars missions about the problems of sleeping your way through a months-or-years-long spaceflight.

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