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Photo: Avantair
Of all the high-end executive transports to choose from Gulfstream, Lear, Cessna Citation, Beech Super King Air, Sikorsky, Eurocopter Sony opted for the Piaggio Avanti for its summer blockbuster, Salt, starring Angelina Jolie as...
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The Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Shoo Shoo Baby at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (USAF photo)
A classic symbol of World War II aviation, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is celebrating its 75th anniversary of flight today....
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STS-132 crew (from left: Piers Sellers, Garrett Reisman, Tony Antonelli, Ken Ham, Michael Good, Steve Bowen) during training. Courtesy NASA.
On May 14, 2010, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis left for the International Space Station (ISS) on its...
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U.S. Postal Service
This summer, the Boy Scouts of America celebrate their 100th anniversary, and the U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a spiffy new stamp to honor the organization.
One of my favorite Scouting quotes comes from Janice...
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Scientists are keeping tabs on an asteroid called Apophis, an 820-foot chunk of rock moseying toward Earth at about 22 miles per second. Apophis—named after an ancient Egyptian god of evil, naturally—will pass near our planet in 2029. How near is...
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Some nice scenes here of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (now known as VSS Enterprise ) on a recent captive carry flight—with a pilot (Peter Siebold) onboard for the first time.
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Designers of spy planes have come up with any number of ways to increase dwell time over a target, from long-lasting UAVs to slow-moving airships to this hydrogen-powered craft called Phantom Eye, which was unveiled last week by Boeing...
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There's a philosophical war going on in space policy circles these days, between those who believe that flight projects drive invention (Apollo), and those who believe it's the other way around (DARPA).
Honestly, I think either approach can work,...
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Earhart in Derry, Ireland, 1932. Courtesy NASM.
On May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart set off in her Lockheed Vega from Newfoundland intending to fly to Paris. Nearly 15 hours later, she landed in Robert Gallagher's cow pasture in Ballyarnott, in...
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which is why any solar-powered airplane designed to circle the globe has to be able to fly at night, too.
Switzerland's Solar Impulse team checked that off their to-do list yesterday .
Next up in 2012: an Atlantic crossing in a...
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With more NASA astronauts Twittering and YouTubing these days, you can get all kinds of insider views of the spacefarer's life if you're willing to rummage around the web a bit.
Scott Kelly is training for a space station tour...
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It was 58 years ago today that the Roswell incident occurred, said Roger Launius, a National Air and Space Museum Space History curator who could also be considered NASM's chief skeptic. ( An earlier talk of his concerned people who refuse to...
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Last week the Obama White House released its National Space Policy , a document put forward by every administration since Eisenhower's. The report gives each president a chance to articulate his vision for the nation's space activities.
The new...
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HAM poses in January 1961 in the suit he wore on his Mercury-Redstone 2 ballistic flight. NASM.
Before humans could be sent into space, scientists needed to know if they could function in weightlessness. NASA had conducted tests with mice and a...
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Quimby in her purple flying outfit was a popular poster of the day (SI-72-10099~A)
Airplanes and The Movies came of age at the same time, and Harriet Quimby—best known as the first American woman to earn a pilot's license—had a keen interest in...
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