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What the astronauts really said
Apollo "onboard voice" recordings captured the moon astronauts' conversations -- cussing and all -- when no one else was listening.
Drones for Hire
The newest eyes in the sky are drawing the attention of power companies, conservation groups, and the ACLU.
Five Reasons to Like NASA’s Asteroid Retrieval Mission
So it's not the Moon or Mars. Get over it.
The Invention of Flight
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Disaster at Xichang
An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about history’s worst launch accident.
During World War II, a raven helped alert the city to approaching bombers.
July 02, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The first newspaper ad for an airplane appeared 103 years ago today.
June 27, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
How psychologists conditioned soldiers and civilians to the sounds of combat during World War II.
June 07, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The legendary WWII fighter wasn't so fast getting out of the factory.
May 23, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Long before Swanson's TV dinner, there was the Maxson Sky Plate.
May 17, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Within months of its first flight, August Bellanca's Skyrocket II set five world speed records.
July 2012
| By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
The Coléoptère was one weird-looking aircraft.
July 2012
| By Jeremy Davis
The Moffett Field landmark may yet house aircraft again.
May 2012
| By Kara Platoni
For a mere $300,000, you can buy this unique stealthy seagoing vessel.
May 04, 2012
| By Pat Trenner
To buy a piece of space history, you need plenty of cash.
May 03, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
De Havilland's D.H. 106 Comet blazed the commercial jet trail but broke its nation's heart.
January 2004
| By Phil Scott
On his record-setting flight in 1938, the billionaire had two navigators, only one of which was human.
April 23, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
This year’s National Air and Space Museum lifetime achievement award winner, Burt Rutan, talks about music, golf and his favorite chair.
March 2012
| By Perry Turner
A look back at Claude Grahame-White's 1910 landing next to the White House.
March 15, 2012
| By Heather Goss
A bizarre case of mistaken identity almost cost a World War II B-17 commander his life.
March 13, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The ingenious—and goofy—modifications of endurance flights.
May 2012
| By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
The young airmail pilot logged plenty of time at the local diner.
May 2012
| By Greg Bailey
It took a cartoonist to paint the first serious depiction of aircraft flight.
May 2012
| By Tom Crouch, Senior Curator, Aeronautics division
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