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Gallery: What Can the F-35 Weather?

Lockheed’s Lightning II undergoes climate testing to prove it can fly under any conditions.

February 3, 2015

A Meteorite Returns to Space, In the Name of Art

Artist Katie Paterson discusses bouncing sonatas off the moon, mapping dead stars, and her recent collaboration with the European Space Agency.

February 3, 2015

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet is scheduled to make its first flight this year.

Japan’s Small Jet Gamble

Can Mitsubishi succeed in the crowded regional jet market?

February 3, 2015

Mars Endeavour

NASA's Opportunity rover took this image with its front hazard avoidance camera on its trip around the western rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars.

February 2, 2015

Are UAV Ready to Rock?

Indie band OK Go plays pro-drone concert at DC’s legendary 9:30 Club.

January 30, 2015

Award-Winning Airport

An Aer Lingus DC-3 sits in front of the Dublin Airport's original terminal building circa 1950. The architect, Desmond Fitzgerald, won awards for its design.

January 30, 2015

Dr. B. Ray Hawke on the rim of Kilauea Caldera, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 1984.

B. Ray Hawke, Lunar Geologist

Remembering a valued collaborator and friend.

January 29, 2015

Closing in on Mysterious Ceres

Yet another world that may have an internal ocean.

January 28, 2015

Elephants on the Runway

An elephant walk -- when aircraft taxi in close formation before take-off -- is usually an impressive sight, but even more so when its made of 24 hulking C-130H Hercules and C-130J Super Hercules.

January 28, 2015

The Cassini spacecraft took this image of Saturn and its moon Titan facing towards the sun, so they appear in crescent phase. Astronomers will uses images like this to study the planetary bodies' atmospheres as the sunlight filters through them.

January 26, 2015

When “Go” is Better Than “No Go”

Sometimes aborting the takeoff is the wrong decision.

January 23, 2015

Early Wingwalker

Circa 1917, Lieutenant Ned Ballough performs some wing walking on a Curtiss JN-4, a Royal Flying Corps' trainer based near Deseronto, Ontario, Canada during World War I.

January 23, 2015