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Here’s why in many ways Elon Musk’s Starship is a 21st Century version of the Classic Douglas DC-3

Civil Aviation / Military Aviation / Space

Here’s why in many ways Elon Musk’s Starship is a 21st Century version of the Classic Douglas DC-3

William Cobb

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Feb. 29, 1954: President Lyndon B. Johnson publicly Reveals the YF-12A, the Blackbird Mach 3+ Interceptor

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Feb. 29, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson publicly Reveals the YF-12A, the Blackbird Mach 3+ Interceptor

Linda Sheffield Miller

NASA Contractor explains why the Space Shuttle smelled quite bad when ground crews got aboard after a flight to clean and unload

Aviation History / Space

NASA Contractor explains why the Space Shuttle smelled quite bad when ground crews got aboard after a flight to clean and unload

Dario Leone

One Step Closer to Flight: time-lapse video shows manufacturing of the X-59 QueSST aircraft from May 2019 to June 2021

Civil Aviation / Space

One Step Closer to Flight: time-lapse video shows manufacturing of the X-59 QueSST aircraft from May 2019 to June 2021

Dario Leone

"NASA 831 do not light your afterburners!” The story of the SR-71B Blackbird that had an almost catastrophic fuel leak on a mission to perform a flyby at EAA Oshkosh

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

“NASA 831 do not light your afterburners!” The story of the SR-71B Blackbird that had an almost catastrophic fuel leak on a mission to perform a flyby at EAA Oshkosh

Dario Leone

If NASA had known ahead of time Space Shuttle Columbia was going to disintegrate on re-entry, they could have tried to rescue its crew. Here’s how.

Losses and Aviation Safety / Space

If NASA had known ahead of time Space Shuttle Columbia was going to disintegrate on re-entry, they could have tried to rescue its crew. Here’s how.

Dario Leone

Did you know NASA had to borrow U-2/SR-71 “yellow” Pressure Suits for first space shuttle mission?

Aviation History / Military Aviation / Space

Did you know NASA had to borrow U-2/SR-71 “yellow” Pressure Suits for first space shuttle mission?

Dario Leone

So Long, Hoover: NASA to retire last flying S-3 Viking

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

So Long, Hoover: NASA to retire last flying S-3 Viking

Dario Leone

Faster than the X-15: the never told story of the Lockheed X 24C L-301, the Mach 8 hypersonic test aircraft that never was

Military Aviation

Faster than the X-15: the never told story of the Lockheed X 24C L-301, the Mach 8 hypersonic test aircraft that never was

Dario Leone

NASA F-15 and F-18 Test System for Aircraft Positioning in Supersonic Flight to measure the shockwaves produced by the X-59 QueSST

Military Aviation

NASA F-15 and F-18 Test System for Aircraft Positioning in Supersonic Flight to measure the shockwaves produced by the X-59 QueSST

Dario Leone

Did you know that NASA YF-12C was actually an SR-71 with a bogus A-12 tail number?

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Did you know that NASA YF-12C was actually an SR-71 with a bogus A-12 tail number?

Dario Leone

Sierra Nevada Corporation cleared to land its Dream Chaser spacecraft at former Shuttle Landing Facility

Sierra Nevada Corporation cleared to land its Dream Chaser spacecraft at former Shuttle Landing Facility

Dario Leone

The story of NASA F-8 Crusader Oblique Wing Test Aircraft that never was

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of NASA F-8 Crusader Oblique Wing Test Aircraft that never was

Dario Leone

The story of Neil Armstrong's X-15 Test Flight that Bounced Off the Atmosphere

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Space

The story of Neil Armstrong’s X-15 Test Flight that Bounced Off the Atmosphere

Dario Leone

All you need to know about the SR-72 Son of Blackbird: from its conception to its possible cancellation

Military Aviation

All you need to know about the SR-72 Son of Blackbird: from its conception to its possible cancellation

Dario Leone

Starfighters’ Black Beauty almost ready for the first flight.

Military Aviation

Starfighters’ Black Beauty almost ready for the first flight.

Dario Leone

Here are the materials you should use instead of titanium to build a Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane today

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Here are the materials you should use instead of titanium to build Blackbird Mach 3 spy planes today

Dario Leone

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