Governmental Aerospace Programs
The Federal Aviation Administration, air mail, space programs and military aviation
“Mayday, This is Death 23”
The call that makes every Apache pilot freeze.
June 18, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Downey Will Display Shuttle Mock-Up
The Southern California birthplace of the space shuttle is going to spit-shine and welcome visitors to see a piece of nearly forgotten aerospace history.
June 14, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Chesley Bonestell and the Landscape of the Moon
The purpose of art is to soothe the soul, but sometimes it can predict future realities with uncanny precision.
June 14, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
The Flight of Shenzhou-9
China's first manned space station mission comes to a successful end.
June 13, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
There’s One More Shuttle That Needs a Home
Inside a warehouse in Downey, California, a one-winged space shuttle sits underneath a blanket of Tyvek sheeting.
June 12, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Battle Noise School
How psychologists conditioned soldiers and civilians to the sounds of combat during World War II.
June 07, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Bradbury Meets the Astronauts
They were bound for the moon, but he had already been to Mars.
June 06, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Everyone’s Gone To The Moon
Our international space partners want to go to the Moon. Why don't we?
Well, maybe we do.
June 05, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
DARPA and Boeing to Dream Up New Airborne Launcher
Wanted: an airborne system than can launch 100-pound satellites for under $1 million.
June 04, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Building Spitfires, Slowly
The legendary WWII fighter wasn't so fast getting out of the factory.
May 23, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Inquisitive Astronaut
Don Pettit turns his curiosity—and his camera—loose on board the International Space Station.
May 23, 2012 |
By The Editors
Under the Eurofighter’s Hood
Europe’s frontline fighter is a marvel of technology.
May 21, 2012 |
By Carl Posey
He Saved Navy Fliers from Spam
Long before Swanson's TV dinner, there was the Maxson Sky Plate.
May 17, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Flight of the Dragon
If things go according to plan Saturday, the world will witness SpaceX launch its first Dragon cargo supply mission to the International Space Station.
May 15, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Titanic’s Wireless Operators: The Original Texters
Text messaging, from 1912 to 2012.
May 14, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Space History Items Bring $1 Million
To buy a piece of space history, you need plenty of cash.
May 03, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
A Saturn V’s Final Journey: From Mildew to Museum
A new book recounts (sort of) the difficult restoration of a deteriorating Saturn V.
May 01, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers*
The legal status and ownership of resources harvested from space are unclear. How does such uncertainty affect our plans to exploit them?
May 01, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
