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Breaking the heat barrier
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Son of Concorde
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Where aircraft fear to go
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Batteries not included – They keep on working long after space batteries have conked out. Ben Iannotta discovers how NASA is putting a new spin on energy storage
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What goes up. . . – In 1998 NASA is planning the maiden flight of an experimental rocket-plane that must endure the intense heat of re-entry and take off again 24 hours after landing. Ben Iannotta reports
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Music of the spheres
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Flight of the aerospike
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Lost in space: What could NASA want with fishing tackle and a Soyuz space capsule? Looks at the plans for evacuating the international space station in an emergency
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Spinning images from mercury mirrors
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Milstar: mission impossible: The US Air Force is building a satellite communications network designed to work even during a nuclear attack. But with the Cold War now over is this costly system really necessary
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