CURRENT ISSUE
January 2005
Features
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Fork-tailed Devils and Flying Shoes
What does the Northrop P-61 have in common with Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne?
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Send in the Global Hawk
In combat trials, the RQ-4A unmanned reconnaissance aircraft showed intelligence analysts what it means to have eyes like a Hawk.
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The Nightmare of Voskhod 2
A cosmonaut remembers the exhilaration -- and terror -- of his first space mission.
Uncommon Force
All the action of Red Flag air combat exercises comes to movie screens through the magic of IMAX(r)
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Hush Kits
Engineer to airplane: Stifle
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The Things That Fell to Earth
How NASA can predict when space junk will fall in your back yard.
Save the Mentor!
T-34 owners are the latest to prove the value of good old-fashioned American ingenuity.