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French ace Adolphe Pégoud in a Blériot XI at Buc, France in December 1913.
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What does it take to become an "ace"?

And has anyone ever been stripped of that status?

The aurora borealis signals an incoming solar storm.

What's the radiation risk from airline flying?

A row of 737-800s at Boeing Field in Seattle.

What determines an airplane’s lifespan?

Some keep flying for decades, while others end up on the scrap heap.

AAU CubeSat was a student satellite project at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, initiated in 2001. A second version is already in the works.

How small can satellites get and still be functional?

From Nanosats to Femtosats.

The Lightning II helmet being developed for the F-35.

How do military aircraft helmets track where a pilot is looking?

How much is my Lindbergh photo worth?

Some Lindys are luckier than others.

Why do we have to turn off iPods during takeoff?

The Apollo 17 astronauts photographed one of their PLSS backpacks, unceremoniously dumped on the lunar surface at missions end.

How did the Apollo astronauts toss their spacesuits overboard?

Hint: They kept the most important part.

Space station astronauts photographed the glowing thrusters of a Progress spacecraft during a 14-minute firing that raised the space stations orbit by almost two miles.

How does the International Space Station dodge space junk?

The 200-ton orbiting behemoth can get out of harm's way, but not very quickly.

A frame from the 1942 Japanese film "Battle of Pearl Harbor and the Malay Coast" showing a Nakajima B5N1 "Kate" bomber taking off from an aircraft carrier.

Are there any photos of Japan's World War II "invasion fleet?"

How to hide thousands of airplanes.

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