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How Things Work - Afterburners
Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
July 2007 |
By Damond Benningfield
Can We Hear Them Now?
Speak up, space aliens. These 42 new radio telescopes are all ears.
July 2007 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Alenia's Gamble
To help build the Boeing 787's composite fuselage, Italy spends a bundle.
July 2007 |
By Joe Pappalardo
The Real Reasons We Explore Space
Ambition, curiosity, and a reason the NASA Administrator admits has nothing to do with economic benefit.
July 2007 |
By Michael Griffin
A & S Interview: Leonard Bruno
The Library of Congress manuscript specialist looks after some of aviation's most historic documents.
July 2007 |
By Pat Trenner
Alenia's Robots
They're not as wise as R2D2, but robots are essential in building aircraft like the Airbus A380.
July 2007 |
By Joe Pappalardo
Your Space Shuttle Ride Awaits
A new ride at the Kennedy Space Center is -- sadly -- the closest most of us will come to experiencing the thrill of a shuttle launch.
July 2007 |
By Irene Klotz
Glacier Girl: The Back Story
How it got trapped in the ice, and how it got out.
July 2007 |
By airspacemag.com
Book Excerpt: "Snowbirds"
An ex-member of the Canadian team recalls his time on the tour.
May 2007 |
By Steve Will
Lunch With Willard
How a meeting 50 years ago solved a photographic mystery.
May 2007 |
By Joe Pappalardo
Fields of Dreams
Will starry-eyed entrepreneurs transform today's wide-open spaces into tomorrow's spaceports?
May 2007 |
By Ed Regis
Airshows 2007: Photographer's Choice
Three pros pick their favorite acts to shoot.
May 2007 |
By airspacemag.com
The G Machine
Riding an Atlas into space was a piece of cake compared to pulling 32 Gs on the Johnsville centrifuge.
May 2007 |
By Mark Wolverton
Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places
Weird space critters could be right beneath our planetary probes.
May 2007 |
By Christen Brownlee
Can We Stop a Nuke?
From the impossible dream of a space-based shield, missile defense has come down to Earth. But will it work?
May 2007 |
By Ben Iannotta
The Moose Jaw Nine
What the Canadian Snowbirds have that the Navy's Blue Angels don't.
May 2007 |
By Graham Chandler
300,000 Airplanes
Individual effort and mass production are equally represented in a new book celebrating World War II aircraft factories.
May 2007 |
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