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21st Century Aviation

Aviation innovations, milestones and developments from 2001 to the present
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Mockup of a self-righting hopper-lander for planetary exploration.

Hopping Across Mars

Planetary rovers might some day trade their wheels for something simpler.
April 29, 2008 | By Greg Soltis

A Russian ground crew member marks the exact site of the Soyuz landing with a GPS device.

Rough Ride Home

Three space station astronauts are glad to be back on terra firma after an off-course landing in a Russian Soyuz capsule.
April 2008 | By Michael Klesius

Street Flight

Aviation meets urban sculpture in Arlington, Virginia.
April 15, 2008 | By Roger Mola

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

Would you have spotted it? The writer and the CAP officers with him on his search flight kept missing this old aircraft wreck, one of six uncovered in the course of the Fossett search. The Nevada landscape is cruelly good at concealing wrecks.

The Search for Steve Fossett

One tough job for the U.S. Civil Air Patrol.
March 2008 | By Michael Behar

Thanks to the wonders of computer animation, Gerry Merrill

Who Says a Jet Can't Be Cheap?

Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000.
March 2008 | By David Noland

Orbital Outfitters developed the pressurized polyurethane suit for XCOR.

High Fashion

Space tourists, dressed to thrill.
March 2008 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

A & S Interview: Richard Garriott

A second generation space traveler talks about his upcoming tourist trip to the space station.
March 01, 2008 | By Irene Klotz

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

The malfunctioning satellite will be taken out by an SM-3 standard missile, similar to this one fired last June from the destroyer USS Decatur. In that test, the missile successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Hawaii.

Satellite Shoot-Down

The Pentagon plans to knock one of our own out of the sky.
February 14, 2008 | By Paul Hoversten

A NASA program that ended in 2005 generated little more than this artist

My Other Car Is a Podcopter

Bumper sticker in the year 2015? 2025? Ever?
January 2008 | By Mark Gatlin

A trio of Sport class racers skim the high desert.

Air Racing 101

A course in handling the course at the National Championship Air Races.
January 2008 | By Larry Lowe

One photo returned from Genesis II last summer was a birthday surprise for Bigelow

Mr. B’s Big Plan

Robert Bigelow has put two mini-space stations in orbit. Now comes the hard part.
January 2008 | By Geoffrey Little

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Google the Moon

Famed roboticist Red Whittaker may have the inside track to win the next moon race.
January 01, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

From A UH-1N Huey helicopter, Corporal Andy Vistrand, a "Gunrunner" in Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, scans the countryside of Anbar province from behind a .50-caliber machine gun.

Air War Iraq

From Al Asad Air Base, portraits of U.S. aircraft and crews in the fourth year of fighting.
November 2007 | By the Editors

A computational fluid dynamics image shows how air would behave when Rocketplane XP flies at 2.74 times the speed of sound; red is high pressure, blue is low.

The O Prize

Will Rocketplane launch spacecraft from Oklahoma?
November 2007 | By Michael Belfiore

Paul DiMare

Picturing the Future

How a skilled artist fast-forwards to the hypersonic airplanes of 2025.
September 2007 | By Paul DiMare

Target date 2025: A pilotless, Mach 20 Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle.

Mach 20 or Bust

Weapons research may yet produce a true spaceplane.
September 2007 | By Geoffrey Little

Anousheh Ansari before her launch to the International Space Station in September 2006.

A & S Interview: Anousheh Ansari

The X-Prize sponsor and space tourist talks about trips to orbit, past and future.
September 01, 2007 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

A four-place kitplane with a pusher propeller, the Velocity SE FG offered a sturdy off-the-shelf airframe for a rocket-engine modification.

X-Racers

Can aviation's newest spectator sport lead to routine space travel?
September 2007 | By Larry Lowe


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