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Air & Space Magazine

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Osprey Incoming

A CV-22 Osprey comes in for a landing at Melrose Air Force Range in New Mexico.

Curiosity at Namib dune.

Mars, Real and Imagined

Yuri Malenchenko (left) and Tim Kopra are helped out of their spacesuits after a rehearsal.

Behind the Scenes at the Cosmonaut Training Center

Recurring Slope Lineae in Juventae Chasma, a giant box canyon on Mars.

Boiling Water and Jumping Sands on Mars

Recurrent Slope Lineae and their secrets

Air & Space Quiz: Can You Guess These 10 Strange Facts About Space?

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Fisheye on Earth

A view of Earth and the space station’s solar panels with a fisheye lens.

Go Inside the Space Station

They may be small, but Cubesats launched by the dozen could tackle big jobs.

Coming Soon: Swarms of Space Robots

The next generation of small spacecraft will travel in packs.

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Lightning Strikes Idaho

An F-35A Lightning II arrives for the first time at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho to go through combat assessments.

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Watch One Rocket Launch From Up Close and Another Land at Your Feet

Soloviev (left) and Kizim practice for their epic flight.

The Strange Trip of Soyuz T-15

Thirty years ago two cosmonauts commuted from one space station to another, the only time that’s ever been done.

Ron Evans floats outside the Apollo 17 spacecraft on his way back from the Moon in 1972.

Ask the Astronaut: Why do astronauts experience zero-G en route to the moon?

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Huddling Moons

Saturn’s moons Tethys and Rhea are seen here in this image taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

Where are they?

The Odds That We’re the Only Advanced Species in the Galaxy Are One in 60 Billion

A modified version of the Drake Equation, and what it tells us.

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Hercules Over Mount Fuji

Launch of the STS-122 shuttle mission from Cape Canaveral. Re-entry is quieter, but more spectacular visually.

Ask the Astronaut: Which is more fun, the ascent into orbit or the reentry?

Bridget the rover, driven by Tim Peake from Earth orbit, pokes around a “cave” outside London

Driving a “Lunar” Rover, From the Space Station

One small step for telepresence.

Tiny CubeSats are launched from the space station, but not Mars ships.

Ask the Astronaut: Why not build and launch spacecraft from the ISS?

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When Lundy Fell

The crash site of an aircraft commemorating the battle at Lundy’s Lane during the War of 1812. The battle, the bloodiest of the war, was fought against the British by the United States, with the help of Canada, very close Niagara Falls on July 25, 1814.

Boeing's concept for DARPA's XS-1 spaceplane.

DARPA’s Spaceplane of the Future

Wanted: One small, reusable launch vehicle for $146 million or best offer.

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