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How Things Work: Flying Upside Down
The tricks that keep the engine from knowing it’s not right side up.
May 2002
| By Patricia Trenner
How Things Work: Chandra X-Ray
The Chandra X-Ray Telescope, explained.
January 2008
| By Damond Benningfield
How Things Work: Shuttle Launch Windows
Space Shuttle launches must work like clockwork. Here is how the clockwork works.
March 2002
| By Eric Adams
How Things Work: The Ouija Board
Think of a shipboard chess game with airplanes instead of pawns.
November 2008
| By Mark Wolverton
How Things Work: Winglets
You know those things on the wingtips of airliners that stick straight up? The first in a new series is all about why you're seeing more of them.
September 2001
| By George Larson
How Things Work - Afterburners
Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
July 2007
| By Damond Benningfield
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