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September 2016

Features

For 20 years, Cassini has been exploring the ringed planet. Now it’s time for the team to say goodbye.

Two years later, its disappearance is still unsolved. Now a new book reconstructs the last minutes in the cockpit.

A collector finds a company’s identity in its service pins.

Can technology protect airplanes from the new threat?

A half-century after its television debut, notable space and entertainment figures explore the impact of Star Trek.

English explanations of his Klingon responses above.

Lufthansa brings back a star.

No buildings, no flight lessons, no problem. Some 60 years later, the first Air Force Academy cadets look back.

Soundings

Ninety years later, a restoration team makes an unexpected find.

Above & Beyond

For one evening, it looked like we finally had an extraterrestrial signal.

Oldies and Oddities

In 1929, Jacob Sellmer and son came up with a better way to get to San Francisco.

In the Museum

Interview

Through the Valley: My Captivity in Vietnam.