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Aerospace Science

The study of air and space flight, astronomy and the effect of flight on living organisms
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The Red Album

Mars’ foremost photographers pick their favorite images of their favorite planet.
November 18, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

Ken Blackburn designs small, unmanned research craft for the military and small, unmanned paper airplanes for everybody.

Toy Story

How tossing paper airplanes guided the career of an aerospace engineer.
November 2008 | By Giles Lambertson

European astronaut Frank De Winne checks out a mockup of a new space station sleep compartment.

Company Expected

Three more people will soon move into the International Space Station—and they’ll be drinking, um….
October 30, 2008 | By Michael Klesius

At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, a study subject is wired for a spin in the Dynamic Environment Simulator, a centrifuge that excels in inducing spatial disorientation.

The Disorient Express

Despite the best training and technology, why do pilots still die from not knowing which end is up?
September 2008 | By Tom LeCompte

colossal cargo airplanes

Big Idea

Megalifters prove you’re never too fat to fly.
September 2008 | By Kara Platoni

NASA

Do Drones Get Vertigo, Too?

Up there or down here, it can be a struggle to maintain “situational awareness.”
July 14, 2008 | By Roger A. Mola

An Orion-derived spacecraft approaches an asteroid, with Earth in the distant background.

The Million Mile Mission

A small band of believers urges NASA to take its next step—onto an asteroid.
July 2008 | By Michael Klesius

A ground-based receiver would collect microwaves beamed from an orbiting solar power satellite.

Where the Sun Does Shine

Will space solar power ever be practical?
July 2008 | By Linda Shiner

The twin-engine F-22A in flight.

How Things Work: Thrust Vectoring

In a tight spot, you need zoom to maneuver.
July 2008 | By Jim Mathews

Yawning

When did the term "jet lag" come into use?

And has anybody found a cure?
June 18, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

Testing a small-scale prototype of the space paper airplane in the University of Tokyo

The Ultimate Paper Airplane

Japan's bid to launch an origami aircraft from the space station.
May 2008 | By Ichiko Fuyuno

The swirling wing vortex

Is the Boeing 757 a threat to other airliners?

An unusual wake vortex has landed this airliner in a class by itself.
May 27, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

A Place in the Sun

Earth dwellers view the sun from 93 million miles away. What will NASA’s next solar probe see from up close?
May 2008 | By Bruce Dorminey

Oldies & Oddities: Homebuilt Radiation Belt

From the Attic to the Archive.
May 2008 | By Mark Wolverton

Cliffs (left) on Mercury seen by the MDIS narrow-angle camera during Messenger

An Eye for Mercury

MESSENGER’s first images were taken by a very used camera.
April 03, 2008 | By Bob Craddock

Carol Sugars and Doug Roodante in their green machine.

Fly Canola!

Doug Rodante plans to fly his L-29 cross-country using cooking oil for fuel.
February 25, 2008 | By Roger Mola

Pilots of the Sopwith Camel complained that the engine, guns, fuel tank, and pilot were clustered too close. They didn

What the Red Baron Never Knew

Computer analysis of World War I aircraft shows precisely why some were deadly and others, death traps.
January 2008 | By Peter Garrison

X-rays enter Chandra’s pairs of nested mirrors.

How Things Work: Chandra X-Ray

The Chandra X-Ray Telescope, explained.
January 2008 | By Damond Benningfield

From the door and emergency exits of a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-300, evacuation slides are deployed. The fully inflated slide is 31 feet long.

How Things Work: Evacuation Slides

De-plane in the fast lane.
November 2007 | By Mark Huber

The aurora borealis signals an incoming solar storm.

What's the radiation risk from airline flying?

November 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo


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