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Area 51: Origins

America’s once-secret air base had humble beginnings.

Beyond the Moon

It’s not a place, exactly. But it could be NASA’s next destination.

The Invention of Flight

Inventors, dreamers, daredevils, charlatans: Aviation's early years had them all.

Vietnam Memoir

Stories from the war that shaped a generation.

Unmanned X-47B Launches from a Carrier

For the first time in history, a combat aircraft with no pilot onboard took off from an aircraft carrier at sea.
May 14, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

The Once and Future Moon Blog

Earth-Moon: A Watery “Double-Planet”

New work on lunar samples reveal a shared source for water in the deep interior of both Earth and Moon.
May 14, 2013 | By Paul D. Spudis

The Daily Planet Blog

Joe Sutter and the Rough Riders

The Father of the 747 takes his inspiration from Teddy Roosevelt.
May 03, 2013 | By Linda Shiner

On Air Blog

Europe’s (Really) Cool Telescope Ends Operations

The Herschel Space Telescope closes its eye after the last of its coolant evaporated this week.
April 30, 2013 | By Heather Goss

The Daily Planet Blog

Moon Rocket Engines Reach Space At Last

It only took 40 years, but engines originally designed for the Soviet N-1 moon rocket finally left Earth yesterday.
April 22, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

The Daily Planet Blog

Kepler’s New Planets: Is Anybody Home?

SETI researchers have already listened in for alien transmissions.
April 19, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

Air Recon Blog

Plane Spotting

You'll find them at most any airport. Some spotters try to see every type of jet flown by a given airline, while others are on the lookout for special liveries.
April 15, 2013 | By John Sotham

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For the first time in history, a combat aircraft with no pilot onboard took off from an aircraft carrier at sea. May 14, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

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For the first time in history, a combat aircraft with no pilot onboard took off from an aircraft carrier at sea.
May 14, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

New work on lunar samples reveal a shared source for water in the deep interior of both Earth and Moon.
May 14, 2013 | By Paul D. Spudis

Somebody had to do it.
May 13, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

Flora Haines Loughead was a journalist, farmer, miner, and mother to two pioneers of the aviation history.
May 10, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

Space exploration and the limits of charity.
May 09, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

The Waverider soars, thanks to the longest scramjet burn ever.
May 08, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

A former B-47 crew chief looks back at one of the great airplanes of the 20th century.
April 30, 2013 | By John Sotham

The Father of the 747 takes his inspiration from Teddy Roosevelt.
May 03, 2013 | By Linda Shiner

To keep from laying off Air Traffic Controllers, Congress grabbed money intended to improve airport safety.
May 03, 2013 | By George Larson

The little black box that looks over our shoulder.
May 02, 2013 | By Steve Satre

The Herschel Space Telescope closes its eye after the last of its coolant evaporated this week.
April 30, 2013 | By Heather Goss

The plan: Strap napalm bombs onto bats, and drop them over World War II Japan.
April 29, 2013 | By Rebecca Maksel

The evolution of the stewardess, from airborne homemaker to aerial sex kitten.
April 25, 2013 | By Rebecca Maksel

New data from NASA's GRAIL mission suggest that the crust of the Moon is thinner than we had thought. Is this idea consistent with the geological evidence?
April 24, 2013 | By Paul D. Spudis

Wrecked aircraft from around the world are showcased in Dietmar Eckell's forthcoming book.
April 23, 2013 | By Rebecca Maksel

Being on call means never knowing where you'll fly from one day to the next.
April 22, 2013 | By Steve Satre

It only took 40 years, but engines originally designed for the Soviet N-1 moon rocket finally left Earth yesterday.
April 22, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

SETI researchers have already listened in for alien transmissions.
April 19, 2013 | By Tony Reichhardt

You'll find them at most any airport. Some spotters try to see every type of jet flown by a given airline, while others are on the lookout for special liveries.
April 15, 2013 | By John Sotham