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Alaska and the Airplane
For a century, each has shaped the other.
June 2013 |
By Julie Decker and Jeremy Kinney
When Republic Aviation Folded
A historian rescued a lone document from the company’s files.
June 2013 |
By Joshua Stoff
Alaska’s Crash Epidemic
How technology and an FAA regional office ended it.
June 2013 |
By Greg Freiherr
Panthers At Sea
U.S. Navy Panthers weren’t highly evolved, but they could shoot. And they were air conditioned.
June 2013 |
By David Noland
Where Have All the Shuttle Engineers Gone?
To new jobs, some odder than others.
June 2013 |
By Jeremy Davis
Earth-Like Planets Could be Right Next Door
Astronomers estimate that billions of habitable planets are orbiting red dwarf stars. What would it be like to live there?
June 2013 |
By Bruce Lieberman
The Pilots of Mount McKinley
For 50 years, the world has reached the mountain on airplanes from one small town.
June 2013 |
By Larry Lowe
The Astronaut’s Wife
Jan Evans recalls how it was for the families of moon voyagers in the Apollo era.
June 2013 |
By Jennifer Ross-Nazzal
Driving the Space Shuttle
How a team of experts navigated a spaceship through the streets of L.A.
May 21, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Earth-Moon: A Watery “Double-Planet”
New work on lunar samples reveal a shared source for water in the deep interior of both Earth and Moon.
May 14, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Joe Sutter and the Rough Riders
The Father of the 747 takes his inspiration from Teddy Roosevelt.
May 03, 2013 |
By Linda Shiner
Raiding the Trust Fund
To keep from laying off Air Traffic Controllers, Congress grabbed money intended to improve airport safety.
May 03, 2013 |
By George Larson
Europe’s (Really) Cool Telescope Ends Operations
The Herschel Space Telescope closes its eye after the last of its coolant evaporated this week.
April 30, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Kamikaze Bats
The plan: Strap napalm bombs onto bats, and drop them over World War II Japan.
April 29, 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Sex and the Airlines
The evolution of the stewardess, from airborne homemaker to aerial sex kitten.
April 25, 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
