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On Those FAA Tower Closures
Bad news for air traffic controllers, but the traveling public and small aircraft pilots should see little impact.
March 27, 2013 |
By George Larson
Special Delivery
The team that landed Curiosity on Mars takes home a trophy.
March 22, 2013 |
By Paul Hoversten
That Sounds Familiar
New data from Mars suggest that it may have been hospitable to life in the past. Haven't we heard this before?
March 13, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
The Hotter the Better
Make an engine that can run hotter and still survive, and you can get more thrust from the same amount of fuel.
March 05, 2013 |
By George Larson
Rescue, James Bond Style
Some of 007's imaginative toys were based on actual inventions.
March 01, 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
What To Do in an Asteroid Emergency
A U.N. action team gets serious about protecting the planet from space rocks.
February 21, 2013 |
By Tom Jones
Gratitude for the Backyard Astronomer
An annual award recognizes amateurs for finding rocks in the sky.
February 14, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Geological sampling and planetary exploration
Samples from other worlds provide some key information on planetary evolution and history but are they the only way to obtain such knowledge?
February 13, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Who Inspects the Navy’s Aircraft Carriers?
It takes a (uniformed) village.
February 04, 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Reconstruction
After the Columbia accident, seeing the crew cabin of the destroyed shuttle was an emotional experience for many NASA astronauts.
February 01, 2013 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Nuke the Pilot
Operation Redwing tested aircraft vulnerabilities to atomic blasts.
February 2013 |
By Norvin C. “Bud” Evans
The Flying Crane
Test pilot Gale Moore rose to the challenge of the XH-17.
February 2013 |
By Don Porter
Disaster at Xichang
An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about history’s worst launch accident.
February 2013 |
By Anatoly Zak
The Misty Mystique
Over Vietnam, F-100 pilots flew fast and low. Later, they hit the heights.
February 2013 |
By Mark Bernstein
How Things Work: Laser Guide Stars
Adaptive optics and lasers are giving ground-based telescopes better-than-Hubble views.
February 2013 |
By Heather Goss
In the Zero-G Cockpit
As the pilot of a 727 that simulates weightlessness, John Benisch is always searching for that perfect parabola.
February 01, 2013 |
By Pat Trenner
Can the Pentagon Unbundle Its Behemoth Space Systems?
Support for "disaggregation" of military satellites is getting louder.
January 31, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Tennis, Anyone?
When she wasn't playing tennis on the wing of a biplane in flight, Gladys Roy was dancing the Charleston.
January 29, 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
