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Handlebar, pencil, or toothbrush? A gallery of famous aviators' 'staches in honor of a fuzzy Air Force tradition.
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<p>An STS-135 crewmember smiles for the last picture taken on board during the shuttle's career.</p>
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Gravity data from NASA's GRAIL mission show that deeply buried bodies of igneous rock in the crust can be detected from orbit.
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<p>Follow three missions circling the icy continent. </p>
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A new film about the perspective that comes with seeing Earth from afar.
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<p>Is your DC-3 looking chilly? Bomb it.</p>
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A realty company wondered what it might cost to launch your house to Mars.
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The Navy’s unmanned combat aircraft makes a historic takeoff, and prepares for carrier trials at sea.
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When it comes to the Fiscal Cliff, says one aerospace executive, “Not only are we running out of time, we’re running out of metaphors.”
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<p>Astronomers are mapping unseen galaxies.</p>
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Astronauts practice communications at Mars by remotely controlling a Lego rover in Germany.
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<p>The Chinese are pretty excited about their new aircraft carrier.</p>
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A 16th-century telescope, Lunar Orbiter mission documents, early views of deep space, and more go on auction this week.
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Recent data from the planet Mercury indicates that water ice is found near its poles. What does this mean for the Moon?
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<p>Australia has a brand new radio telescope today.</p>
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The first catapult launch of an unmanned combat aircraft—and more milestones to come
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Why does the solitary night fighter call out for a nickname?
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A new interactive graphic highlights the space agency's plans.
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<p>The recovery party lights up the recently landed Soyuz and Kazakhstan.</p>
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