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X-15: The rocket plane that quietly reached space

The X-15 program pushed human flight into hypersonic speeds and the edge of space long before the Space Shuttle, with pilots ...
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Experimental Aircraft That Flew Too Close to the Future

Over the last 122 years of flight, there certainly hasn’t been a lack of innovation. Engineers, designers, and pilots all […] ...
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Going Hypersonic: A Look at the Record-setting X-15

An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance ...

A Watch That Works as Well on Earth as It Did in Space

Omega’s Speedmaster, worn by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on their 1969 journey to the moon, gets an update.
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Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin Recorded A Lesser-Known Accomplishment On The Moon

On July 21, 1969, humans walked on the moon for the first time ever. The history-making feat was accomplished by American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. However, this was not the only ...

NASA’s Next-Generation Imaging Spectrometer Takes Flight to Map Critical Minerals on Earth

Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth’s surface some ...

Space Stock Tracker: Rocket Lab, AST Fly Again

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) shares flew on heavy trading volume Thursday as the stock trended across financial ...

False Summits Applies To More Than Mountains In Overdone Social Media

In a day of social media exaggeration and Guinness records, adventurers overstate their escapades. Nothing wrong with doing ...