Editors' Picks
Area 51: Origins
America’s once-secret air base had humble beginnings.
Need for Speed
Airplanes with a mission: Fly faster.
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.
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Geological sampling and planetary exploration
Samples from other worlds provide some key information on planetary evolution and history but are they the only way to obtain such knowledge?
February 13, 2013
| By Paul D. Spudis
On Air Blog
Hersman for DOT
NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman's mix of intellectual curiosity and fearlessness make her a good choice for Transportation Secretary.
February 11, 2013
| By George Larson
The View from 30,000 Feet Blog
The Experiment, Part Two
Can someone with only flight simulator experience take off and land an airplane on the first try? I wanted to find out.
February 06, 2013
| By Steve Satre
The Daily Planet Blog
Who Inspects the Navy’s Aircraft Carriers?
It takes a (uniformed) village.
February 04, 2013
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Reconstruction
After the Columbia accident, seeing the crew cabin of the destroyed shuttle was an emotional experience for many NASA astronauts.
February 01, 2013
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Can the Pentagon Unbundle Its Behemoth Space Systems?
Support for "disaggregation" of military satellites is getting louder.
January 31, 2013
| By Heather Goss
Air Recon Blog
Fantastic Plastic
Dive bombers, fighters, and trainers, all hanging from a bedroom ceiling.
January 28, 2013
| By John Sotham
The Daily Planet Blog
Tennis, Anyone?
When she wasn't playing tennis on the wing of a biplane in flight, Gladys Roy was dancing the Charleston.
January 29, 2013
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Geological mapping of another world
Thanks to geologic mapping, we understood the story of the Moon well before we actually went there.
January 25, 2013
| By Paul D. Spudis
The View from 30,000 Feet Blog
The Experiment, Part One
Can an ordinary person take off and land an airplane on the first try, with only flight simulator experience? We put it to the test.
January 25, 2013
| By Steve Satre
Air Recon Blog
Hazardous Mail
A simple scrap of paper reminds us of a time when delivering letters cross-country was risky business.
January 23, 2013
| By John Sotham
On Air Blog
About Those Airliner Batteries
They're not the same as the AAs from your hardware store, or even your car battery.
January 23, 2013
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
The First Presidential Flight
Nowadays the U.S. President has his own airplane. But for Franklin Roosevelt in 1943, flying was still a big deal.
January 18, 2013
| By Tony Reichhardt
Air Recon Blog
Some Thing on the Wing
Quite a shock out my airplane window.
January 15, 2013
| By John Sotham
The Daily Planet Blog
Son of Transhab
NASA buys back its own technology for inflatable space modules.
January 17, 2013
| By Tony Reichhardt
On Air Blog
Why Do Airliners Have Teething Problems?
If they're introducing new technology, problems are almost guaranteed.
January 15, 2013
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
Stratomouse!
In the 1950s, balloons carried live mice to near-space to study how the trip might affect astronauts.
January 11, 2013
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
Rocks on the Move
Is this the best asteroid visualization yet?
January 09, 2013
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Tucker’s Teardown
The final act of the airshow season, in time-lapse.
January 07, 2013
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Hugh L. Dryden and the American Space Program
Congress has proposed that the name of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center be re-named to honor Neil Armstrong. Should it?
January 06, 2013
| By Paul D. Spudis
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