Across the South Atlantic in 1922
On this day in 1922, a pair of Portuguese aviators, Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho, set off on the first flight across the southern Atlantic
"Dude, you both went 'Whoaaah!' and I was like 'Nooooo!!' "
This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time
A Rare Space Rock Gets Even Rarer
An extremely uncommon type of asteroid is found in the Nubian Desert
Remembering an Early G-Man
Earl Wood, a researcher at the Mayo Clinic Aero Medical Unit who pioneered the study of G-forces on pilots in the early jet age, died on March 18
Dead Bat Tweeting
Combine instant celebrity with cute, furry (though slightly creepy) animals, and you have pretty much the perfect subject for Web 2.0.
The First U.S. Air Force Mission, 100 Years Ago
In the spring of 1916, a group of Army pilots went after Pancho Villa’s guerillas in Mexico.
Giving the WASPs their due
The introduction of a bill (S. 614) to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots
Family Formation
The son of famed airshow pilot Sean Tucker follows in his father’s smoke trails.
Teacher-astronaut? Astronaut-teacher? Does it matter any more?
Should we be surprised that the first “Educator Astronauts” to fly in space won’t actually be teaching lessons from orbit?
High (really high) cuisine on the space station
Astronaut Sandy Magnus is something of a cook, apparently
Get your used astronaut eyeglasses here
If collecting space memorabilia is your thing, check out the 2009 April Signature Space Exploration Auction
Kepler's Unusual Orbit
A couple more interesting things about the just-launched Kepler telescope
Sick in Space
It’s not just a problem for astronauts anymore.
Kepler on deck
Fingers crossed for Friday night’s planned launch of the Kepler telescope to search for Earth-size planets around other stars
Just keep rolling, just keep rolling
Cue the Lawrence of Arabia theme
The First Solo Flight
Alone in a hydrogen balloon in 1783.
The Rocketbelt Caper
A true tale of invention, obsession, and murder.
Your Flight to Titan Is Delayed
We won’t see balloons flying over Saturn’s moon Titan any time soon.
Two-Timer
Where do you take your next vacation after you’ve been to space? If you’re billionaire Charles Simonyi, you go back.
A Top Soviet-Era Test Pilot
Georgy Mosolov talks about his favorite MiGs and his friend Yuri Gagarin
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