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12 April 2018

Yuri Gagarin and the Day we Went into Space

When the former Soviet Union sent the first human being into space, it already had a clear advantage over the US in the space race. In 1957 it had successfully put into orbit the first [...]

Chuck Yeager next to experimental aircraft Bell X-1. Credit: U.S. Air Force

11 October 2017

70 Supersonic Years

Heavy thunder sounded in the sky above the Mojave Desert on October 14, 1947 when US Air Force captain General Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound in an experimental flight that marked [...]

Amelia Earhart bajo su Lockheed Modelo 10-E Electra en 1937. Crédito: Wikimedia Commons

02 July 2017

What Happened to Amelia Earhart?

On July 2, 1937, there was an exchange of confusing and fragmentary radio communications between the US Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Itasca, stationed on Howland Island, and the Lockheed [...]

05 May 2017

The Airship: a Truncated Past, a Promising Future?

When flames devoured the Hindenburg in less than a minute on May 6, 1937, it was not just an aircraft that was consumed by the fire, but also the promise of a bright future for a means [...]

27 April 2017

5 Dwellings for Living on Other Worlds

Earth’s natural resources are running low. According to the United Nations, if we continue at the current pace, our demand for water will be 40% higher than the supply by 2030. Against [...]

Interstellar Travel and Post-Humans

Aeronautics,Technology,Science,Astrophysics,Robotics

The Earth has existed for forty-five million centuries —and even longer timespans lie ahead before the Sun dies. But even in this vast time-perspective, the present century is special. [...]

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21 September 2015

Juan de la Cierva and the Autogyro’s Invention

The January 1930 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine devoted much of its content to aviation, one of the great advances that was all the rage at the time. One article looked at the safety [...]

31 August 2015

Interactive Timeline: the History of Aviation

16 June 2015

5 Milestones of the Soviet Space Race

The arrival of the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969 ended the space race, shifting the final balance in favor of the United States. But the truth is that most of the previous landmarks [...]

06 February 2015

The Hybrid Airplane Takes Off

A couple of litres of fuel and 33 cents in electricity – that’s the price to travel 80 kilometers, soaring through the sky with an airplane designed by the University of Cambridge. [...]

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