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At Amsterdam

Heroes in the Tower

Stories about air traffic controllers that you probably didn’t see on the evening news.
September 2011 | By Michael Klesius

At Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Chief Scientist Werner Dahm (in flightsuit) preps for a ride in a B-1 bomber in September 2009.

How to Win Enemies and Influence Policy

From the halls of power to field laboratories, the Air Force Chief Scientist helps shape the future of U.S. flight.
August 2010 | By Mark Wolverton

Global Postioning System satellites provide lcoations while ADS-B-equipped aircraft share flight information. Communications satellites (not shown) can link air traffic control stations.

How Things Work: Aircraft Identification

A digital communications system could put the control tower in the cockpit.
November 2006 | By Lester A. Reingold

By Stars, Beacons, and Satellites

The lost art-and intimidating science-of aerial navigation.
March 2006 | By Peter Garrison

How Things Work: Celestial Navigation

Knowing where you are going in space.
November 2001 | By Joe Henderson

The tumbling asteroid Eros (shown here in a time sequence taken during NEAR

Hang a Right at Jupiter

For space navigators, the best course to a distant object is never a straight line.
January 2001 | By Michael Milstein


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