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Return Trip

<p>Flight 1549 gets a tour of north Jersey.</p>

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Discover this.

<p>Up the East Coast in eight and a half minutes.</p>

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TXT-Speak at the FAA

The Web site of the Federal Aviation Administration, like most government sites, is pretty tame, but can be an interesting browse for prop-heads

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High (really high) cuisine on the space station

Astronaut Sandy Magnus is something of a cook, apparently

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Silver, White, and Blue

<p>Restored to shiny perfection.</p>

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Get your used astronaut eyeglasses here

If collecting space memorabilia is your thing, check out the 2009 April Signature Space Exploration Auction

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Kepler's Unusual Orbit

A couple more interesting things about the just-launched Kepler telescope

Astronaut Walter Schirra during the 11-day Apollo 7 flight in October 1968. Schirra and crewmates Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham suffered flu-like symptoms, which many now believe were due to space sickness.

Sick in Space

It’s not just a problem for astronauts anymore.

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Kepler on deck

Fingers crossed for Friday night’s planned launch of the Kepler telescope to search for Earth-size planets around other stars

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A Special First

<p>Sometimes, history just happens.</p>

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Just keep rolling, just keep rolling

Cue the Lawrence of Arabia theme

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False start

Aerospatiale's Concorde made its maiden flight 40 years ago this week

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What's in a Name?

In this case, a belly laugh

A drawing showing the descent of the first manned hydrogen gas balloon flight, which departed from Paris, France on Dec. 1, 1783.

The First Solo Flight

Alone in a hydrogen balloon in 1783.

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Tough Spot

<p>Doing what he has to for a good shot.</p>

Bill Suitor takes flight in 1995 wearing the Rocketbelt 2000. Suitor was an experienced rocketbelt pilot, having flown one at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

The Rocketbelt Caper

A true tale of invention, obsession, and murder.

John Young at Plum Crater, Apollo 16, April 1972.

Human Spaceflight: What Value to Science? (Pt. 2)

Robots vs. astronauts

This Cozy made it across the country on fermented-plant fuel.

Moments and Milestones: Nobody’s Fuel...Yet

Moments and Milestones: Nobody’s Fuel...Yet

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Above & Beyond: Shooting Up a Shooting Star

There's more than one way to dump extra fuel before landing

During a flight demonstration Stateside, an F-105 carries a full bomb load: 16 750-pounders. While attacking targets in Vietnam, though, Thuds were generally outfitted with 6,000 pounds of bombs and two auxiliary fuel tanks.

Thuds, the Ridge, and 100 Missions North

How the Republic F-105 got good at a mission it was not designed to fly

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