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When Pigs Fly

AirBridgeCargo Airlines specializes in the transport of livestock.

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How the Mars Community Shot Itself in the Foot

Ask for a lot and perhaps get a little. But ask for too much and you may end up with nothing.

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Earthquakes in 3D

An airborne LIDAR maps the subtle warping near a fault zone.

Bird’s-Eye View

How the world looks from inside the flock.

A Flashing Success

A group of San Antonio astronomers shine a light visible from orbit

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Plane-Spotting in 2012

The Zurich airport overlays information for airplane spotters.

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Eyeing Gold

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico invests $50 million to lure astro-tourists.

The Long Range Strike Bomber will join the B-2 in the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet.

Bomber of the Future

Aircraft manufacturers compete to build the Long Range Strike Bomber

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Berry’s Leap, Pt. 2

Grant Morton wasn't the first to parachute from an airplane, or even the second.

Valuable and reachable goals on reasonable timescales: Cislunar space.

Double the Space Budget?

Neil Tyson wants to double NASA's budget. Would that solve the problem with America's space program?

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Fred vs. Skylab

A welcome-home party for what was left of a space station.

White was acquainted with the pilot who had mistakenly landed this British bomber at a German airfield. German soldiers got a good look at the Handley-Page; the dog’s attention was elsewhere.

The Last Bombing Run

They survived the mission; would they survive the landing?

The Gyrodyne QH-50 D.A.S.H. (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter) was the first rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle to enter service. A QH-50C is now on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center.

D.A.S.H. Goes to War

The first rotary-wing UAV entered military service in 1962—and remained in operation until 1997.

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Reviews and Previews: Soldier of Fortune

The life and mysterious death of an American ace in the Spanish Civil War

Henry Walden designed two unsuccessful airplanes before coming up with a flyable monoplane, the Walden III.

Or Die Trying

After the Wright brothers flew, a handful of inventors were determined to join them.

Reporters were welcome at the rollout of the second prototype XP6M-1 in 1955; the first prototype broke apart in mid-air a month later

Cancelled: The Navy's SeaMaster

The Navy wanted a nuclear bomber of its own; the Glenn Martin Company thought, Why not a flying boat?

The First Motion Picture Unit made hundreds of G.I. training films, as well as movies to boost homefront morale.

World War II: The Movie

When the U.S. Army Air Forces needed 100,000 men to volunteer, General Hap Arnold recruited Hollywood.

Don’t call us travel agents, says Eric Anderson, the 37-year-old founder of Space Adventures. Their business is more like mounting Everest expeditions than booking trips to Europe.

Extraterrestrial Outfitter

If you're planning an off-world vacation, there's only one name to call: Eric Anderson

Aluminum Overcast was donated to the Experimental Aircraft Association after its owners found the restoration and maintenance costs too high. The EAA started touring with it in 1994.

At the B-17 Co-op

Like bomber crews on 100-plane raids, today’s B-17 owners find strength—and survival—in numbers

Afterburners aglow, an F/A-18C with the “Death Rattlers” squadron launches from a carrier deck.

100 Years of Marine Aviation

A salute to 10 aircraft that carried the few and the proud into history

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