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The Earth's Breath
Aircraft search for why, where, and how in the atmosphere of our planet.
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Ups and Downs on the KC-135
NASA's Explorer Schools program takes teachers on the ride of their lives
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The X-1: A Flash In The Past →
The aircraft that made Chuck Yeager a household name
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Making Your Skies Safer →
NASA's Aviation Safety Program is working to save lives.
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X-43 Scramjet Flight Preparations Underway
Air-breathing X-43A is latest advancement in hypersonic flight
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What's a Scramjet?
Find out what air-breathing aircraft can do for you.
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Reducing Sonic Booms
More than 50 years ago the world's first sonic boom thundered across the Mojave desert.
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'Big Fish' Carries NASA's Loads
The Super Guppy aircraft is a key part of ISS assembly.
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Preparing For Hypersonic Flight
NASA's second X-43A takes a test ride under a B-52.
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A Century of Flight
It all started with the imagination and determination of two small boys.
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Taxis with Wings
NASA is developing the technology for planes to land safely at rural and suburban airports
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"As the Stomach Turns" on the KC-135
Affectionately known as the "Vomit Comet" the KC-135 conducts diverse experiments in microgravity.
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Intelligent Software Promises Safer Flight
NASA researchers are developing computer tools to safely land damaged aircraft.
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Test Pilots Mark Centennial
Pilots, engineers, and astronauts commemorate 100 years of flight
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NASA's Gift to Posterity
The XV-15 Tilt rotor aircraft takes its place of honor in the National Air and Space Museum
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Still Going Strong at 59
The B-57 made its first flight in May of 1949
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NASA's 747 Shuttle Carriers
All aircraft need to be balanced, and keeping their center of gravity in the right place is key.
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High Flying Research
The specially designed ER-2 aircraft can carry over one ton of instruments to altitudes above 65,000 feet
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Sky Surfing for Fuel Economy
NASA applies migratory bird flight technique to aircraft
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Helios Crash Probed
About 75 percent of wreckage recovered