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<p>A lot like our own, but with rings and things.</p>
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Meet North American's entry in a 1950s Mach 2 fighter-nuclear bomber competition
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For the first time in the 100-year history of air racing, fans can watch a live broadcast of the sport from the aerial race course in Reno, Nevada. This Sunday, September 20, the final races in all six categories will appear at LiveAirshowTV. With cameras in the grandstands and in the control tower...
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<p>What's black and white and red all over?</p>
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We recently got an announcement that a ca.-1912 hang glider, modeled after an 1896 design by Wright-brother mentor Octave Chanute, had been installed in the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California. A 1912 Glider in the Pacific Design Center Design centers are sort of shopping malls f...
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For balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the end of one journey marked the beginning of another.
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If I were running the space program—which is unlikely, I admit—Saturn's moon Titan would be very high on the list of destinations for the next major planetary mission. Sure, Mars is appealing, largely because of its similarity to Earth.But take a look at this radar image of Titan's northern polar r...
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<p>17P/Homes hiccups bigtime.</p>
An F-16 crash has claimed the life of Lieutenant Assaf Ramon, the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon.
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Some people go to Las Vegas to gamble, others to learn about Mars.
There's been a lot of fretting in space policy circles about the launch "gap" after the U.S. space shuttle retires, and how NASA will manage to ferry astronauts to the space station when it has no space vehicle of its own. Equally important is how cargo will be delivered. Now that six people are l...
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<p>Second time's a charm.</p>
Today’s Washington Post reports that a passenger on United Airlines flight 236 was injured on Tuesday when the Boeing 757 encountered severe turbulence en route from Los Angeles to Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. The report notes that an Accuweather .com meteorologist said tha...
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As NASA prepares to shut down a historic wind tunnel in Virginia, some hope for a stay of execution.
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I Aim at the Stars, starring Curd Jürgens.
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<p>Germany's terror weapon.</p>
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<p>A visionary moves on.</p>
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Over the next year or so, NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) will be systematically photographing the Apollo landing sites from orbit.
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<p>A century's salute to military aviation.</p>
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It's not absolutely certain when Blanche Stuart Scott became the first American woman to pilot an airplane (it may have been September 2, 1910, or September 4—Scott herself gave different dates). But either way, it was an accident.The 25-year-old Scott, who also went by the name of Betty, had won f...
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