PHOTOS: Onboard Kermit the NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion
DARPA Space Robots Could Revive Dead Satellites
About 22,000 miles above the Earth, $300 million worth of retired satellites are simply taking up space in geosynchronous orbit. The DARPA Phoenix program might bring them back to life.
Just Another Airplane? 20 Hours Aboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The state-of-the-art passenger comfort features on the new Boeing 787 have a lot of hype to live up to. Do they really make a difference?
Air Austral Orders Two Boeing 777-200LR Worldliners
French airline Air Austral on Wednesday announced it has ordered two Boeing 777-200LR Worldliners in a deal valued at $501 million.
On This Day in Aviation History: January 4th
A day of firsts: The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first baseball team to buy a plane, Pan Am launches the first all-cargo transatlantic service, a pope flies on a plane for the first time, Sputnik 1, the first satellite, falls o...
Holding Up to Heavy Metal: What Airport Runways Are Made Of
A mile of runway can take you anywhere. We take a look beneath the surface to see how runways are engineered and maintained.