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 Daily Planet Blog
Asleep at the Wheel
Driving a drone is (apparently) nothing like playing World of Warcraft.
November 15, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The View from 30,000 Feet Blog
Is Denzel’s Upside-Down Flying Trick Plausible?
When it comes to accuracy, Flight lost me at the walkaround.
November 14, 2012
| By Steve Satre
On Air Blog
Fly or Drive?
How far does a trip have to be to travel by air? Answer our poll.
November 13, 2012
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
Glowing Spacefish Join Crew Aboard the ISS
An experiment to study bone density in space uses transparent "fishonauts."
November 08, 2012
| By Rebecca Boyle
The Daily Planet Blog
Where is the Wright Brothers’ Patent?
It appears to have, uh, gone missing.
November 08, 2012
| By Pat Trenner
The Daily Planet Blog
Dragonflies for Sale
Robot insects are about to go commercial.
November 07, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Great Balls of Floating Fire
Astronauts burn droplets of fuel in space to study combustion.
November 02, 2012
| By Rebecca Boyle
On Air Blog
What Are You Wearing?
In the airplane business, clothes make the salesman.
November 02, 2012
| By George Larson
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Ocean of Storms, Oceans of Argument
A new paper claims mineral evidence for the largest basin on the Moon -- is it true?
November 01, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Daily Planet Blog
Fly-Powered Planes and Other Oddities
Oddball items at the National Air and Space Museum.
October 31, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Pilots, Look Down
To find their way home, aviators used to be able to read the rooftops.
October 19, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Water from the Sun
What is the ultimate source of the water found at the poles of the Moon? A new study of some lunar soil samples suggests a surprising answer.
October 17, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
On Air Blog
The Eye of the Beholder
For its innovation and emphasis on inner beauty, the Hondajet deserves a recent design award.
October 12, 2012
| By George Larson
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Once in a Blue Moon
What color is the Moon? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think.
October 10, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
On Air Blog
Ace of Clubs
Flying clubs can bring the costs of operating an airplane within the reach of mid-income pilots.
October 09, 2012
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
Redundancy Counts
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket keeps on chugging, despite an engine loss.
October 08, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Crash Test TV
Destroying a 727 in the name of science, and entertainment.
October 05, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Printed Prototypes
Aerospace companies find new uses for 3D printers every day.
October 04, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Of Turtles and Men
If the Mercury astronauts seemed obsessed with bathroom humor, maybe it was because of their doctors.
October 03, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Ohio’s Space Shuttle
It never went to space, but the astronauts spent many hundreds of hours inside the CCT-1.
October 01, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
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