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May 2013
Features
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NASA Aims to go Beyond the Moon
It’s not a place, exactly. But it could be NASA’s next destination.
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The Man Who Invented the Predator
Before he designed the world’s most feared drone, Abraham Karem was just trying to get a robot to stay in the air
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Britain’s High-Mach Heartbreak
The TSR-2 bomber was a case of aeronautical genius foiled by political foolishness.
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Earth’s Mirror
Landsat shows us the home planet, warts and all.
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Why Europe Wants its Own Satellite Navigation Program
The beginning of a new global navigation system, Galileo.
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The plane that taught Anne Morrow Lindbergh to fly is flying again.
Lindbergh’s Trainer: The Brunner-Winkle Bird
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An Aircraft Saves the Day
Five daring helicopter crews on five very bad days.
Departments
In the Museum
For Safe Landings On Two Planets
The 2013 National Air and Space Museum Trophy Winners.
Moments and Milestones
The Parasitic Aircraft of Britain’s Short Brothers
Did the S2.0 Mercury pave the way?