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There's little that scares George Muellner, who has bragging rights to 690 combat missions in Vietnam. During three decades in the U.S. Air Force, he accumulated 5,300 hours in the F-4, A-7, F-15, and F-16 as a fighter pilot, fighter weapons instructor, and test pilot. He even flew 50 combat sortie...
March 17, 2009 | By Mike Klesius

With $79 million on the line, NASA hopes a crash landing detected by a companion spacecraft will yield valuable data about lunar ice.

Lunar Smackdown

A spacecraft bites the lunar dust.
March 2009 | By Mohi Kumar

One More Second

The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
January 2009 | By James R. Chiles

Dressed in drone livery, QF-4s are targeted during weapons testing. The testing is done at two Air Force bases, Tyndall in Florida and Holloman in New Mexico. F-4s replaced converted F-106s as the military’s drone of choice. Also droned in their time: F-86 and F-100 fighters and F-102 interceptors.

Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?

How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for target practice.
January 2009 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Red Whittaker with his namesake, Red Rover II. Hours after Google announced its Lunar X Prize, Whittaker threw his ’bot in the ring.

Red and The Robots

Red Whittaker’s rovers have already gone where no robot has gone before. Will one of them make it to the moon?
January 2009 | By Geoffrey Little

Weightless Workouts

A new fitness machine on the space station brings astronaut exercise into the 21st century
December 31, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

Warbird Obsession

It's an addiction. Admitting you have it is the first step.
December 03, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

The Flying White House

Presidential airplanes, past and present.
November 06, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

The recovery crew arrived five hours after the Soyuz landed.

If I Were to Land on Mars...

A small malfunction lands three astronauts on Russia’s version of the Red Planet.
November 2008 | By Don Pettit

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How Things Work: The Ouija Board

Think of a shipboard chess game with airplanes instead of pawns.
November 2008 | By Mark Wolverton

One of these shuttle astronauts could get the call for a moon mission. Top to bottom, left to right: Terry Virts, mission specialists Robert Behnken, Karen Nyberg, pilots Jim “Vegas” Kelly, Mark Kelly, Pam Melroy, Randy Bresnik, and mission specialist Megan McArthur.

Fly Us to the Moon

The next lunar explorers will soon report to Houston. Are some already there?
November 2008 | By Michael Cassutt

With mops and a hose, a crew scrubs a Martin B-26 Marauder bomber in 1944.

Then & Now: Wash Day

November 2008 | By Roger A. Mola

A&S Interview: Farouk El-Baz

A veteran space scientist discusses the challenges of the 21st Century.
November 2008 | By Elizabeth Howell

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

The PSLV rocket that launched Chandrayaan-1, on its way to the pad.

India Aims for the Moon

A U.S. scientist reports from the scene of India's first lunar launch.
October 21, 2008 | By Paul D. Spudis

Mission to Mir

At the start of a new partnership, U.S. and Russian space travelers learn that every long journey begins with a single step.
October 2008 | By Tom Harpole

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End Run

A small band of rogue rocketeers takes on the NASA establishment.
September 29, 2008 | By Michael Klesius

The author, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit, prepares to venture outside the International Space Station in January 2005.

First Steps

Chinese astronauts are preparing for their first spacewalk. What's in store for them?
September 18, 2008 | By Leroy Chiao

A Boeing 40C (background) and a 1927 Stearman C3B biplane are two of the three airplanes recreating the cross-country airmail route.

Airmail Odyssey

Three historic mailplanes commemorated the anniversary of U.S. airmail by tracing the original coast-to-coast route.
September 08, 2008 | By Linda Shiner

The rescued crew would transfer from one shuttle to the other along the robot arm.

The Shuttle Mission No One Wants

If STS-400 launches, be prepared for one of the most dramatic spaceflights ever.
September 02, 2008 | By Paul Hoversten


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