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Weightlifting in weightlessness is now my favorite oxymoron.
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<p>The aviation pioneer would be 134 today. </p>
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An interview with the President and CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association.
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Europe’s frontline fighter is a marvel of technology.
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<p>"None of us are adrenaline junkies." Uh huh. </p>
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Long before Swanson's TV dinner, there was the Maxson Sky Plate
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If you want to know what crew I'm on, be prepared for a long conversation.
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Not grounded, but close.
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Forget the Boeing 787's fuel economy. It's all about the spinning cupholders.
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<p>Our nearly instant view of far-away places.</p>
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If things go according to plan Saturday, the world will witness SpaceX launch its first Dragon cargo supply mission to the International Space Station.
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Maybe its time Space Station had its own zip code.
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Text messaging, from 1912 to 2012
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<p>A couple of Sea Stallions get their rotors spit-shined.</p>
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The Air Force's most sophisticated fighter, the F-22, has a problem with its oxygen system, and increasingly, with its image.
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Winners take home big prizes (and compete to be the next generation of aerospace leadership) in the Team America Rocketry Challenge.
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<p>Boeing drop tests its proposed ISS crew capsule. </p>
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A poem about returning to Earth.
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<p>The James Webb Space Telescope gets its first instrument. </p>
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Weird tales from the annals of science.
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