7 Beloved Jets That No Longer Fly

The last unmodified de Havilland Comet to fly was a Comet 4C, serial number XS235 and nicknamed Canopus, which was operated ...

World's biggest plane is so huge it has 32-wheel landing gear — but has been destroyed

The Antonov An-225 Mriya (or “dream” in Ukrainian) is the biggest and heaviest-lift transport aircraft in the world. Manufactured by the Soviet Union, the impressive plane is 84m long, features six ...

You can see NASA's Artemis rocket on the launch pad anytime. Here's how

NASA is providing a 24/7 live feed of the Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
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Inside the USSR’s secret space shuttle program Buran

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly built its own space shuttle to rival America’s NASA program. Called Buran, it ...

The eight weirdest aviation projects of all time

Everybody’s sad that the skies over Britain no longer boom to the sound of a passing Concorde. It’s not so much the lack of a superfast service to New York, but the more generalised regret that ...
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How the USSR built Buran to rival the Space Shuttle

Built in the shadows of the Cold War, Buran was the USSR’s ultimate answer to NASA’s Space Shuttle – bigger, more versatile, ...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who stayed in space for 9 months after spacecraft problem, retires

Williams and another astronaut, Butch Wilmore, were supposed to stay in space for a week in 2024, but concerns about the ...
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A peek inside the space shuttle Endeavour’s new home in Exposition Park

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Space shuttle Discovery is headed to Houston. The Smithsonian and NASA say it may have to be sent in pieces

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...
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Trio of Chinese astronauts stranded in space after their shuttle was used to rescue another trapped group

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...
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A space shuttle model is cleared for landing in Downey

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Why Did NASA Choose A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle?

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...