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The plane was built in the 1980s by Fairfield resident Andy Kosch.

Amelia Earharts goggles and a piece of the Wright Flyer were aboard. Amelia Earharts goggles — the pair she wore to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 — have now spanned another divide: the boundary between Earth and space. The well-traveled aviator specs, which Earhart once described as "rather historic," lifted off again Tuesday (July 20) aboard "You can see she put tape over them to make less light come in because it was so bright all the day and she wa...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. Oliver Daemen, Jeff Bezos, Wally Funk, and Mark Bezos pose with the New Shepard booster that carried them to space Tuesday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took his brother, a pioneering female pilot, and an 18-year-old Dutch studen...

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, exits the New Shepard capsule Tuesday after it parachuted safely down to the launch area near Van Horn, Texas. Bezos donned his favorite hat from Aspen’s Kemo Sabe western store after the trip to space. (Blue Origin via AP) Aspen may sit at 7,908 feet above sea level, but Tuesday the town’s reach made it to more than 351,000 feet above Earth. When Jeff Bezos stepped out of the New Shepard capsule after its return from spac...

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, exits the New Shepard capsule Tuesday after it parachuted safely down to the launch area near Van Horn, Texas. Bezos donned his favorite hat from Aspen’s Kemo Sabe western store after the trip to space. (Blue Origin via AP) Aspen may sit at 7,908 feet above sea level, but Tuesday the town’s reach made it to more than 351,000 feet above Earth. When Jeff Bezos stepped out of the New Shepard capsule after its return from spac...

[ laughter ] and we have a couple of things we flew. >> so we had the opportunity to bring with us -- it was actually on loan from the explorers club. we were able to fly with a piece of canvas from the wright flyer. so the plane that the wright brothers flew, we brought a piece of that canvas with us which was really powerful as well as a bronze medallion that was made from the first hot air balloon flight in 1783 which was the first time man ever, you know, left the earth and controlled flight...

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A manuscript penned by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of his iconic scientific work Princ

WILTON, Conn. – A manuscript penned by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of his iconic scientific work Principia, changed ...

MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Charles Rolls became the first person to fly a nonstop double crossing of the English Channel in 95 minutes in 1910. Rolls, who co-founded Rolls-Royce, received the Royal Aero Club’s Gold Medal for his achievement, which included the first eastbound airborne crossing of the English Channel. The flight is commemorated with a statue in Monmouth and another in Dover. Aviation Pioneer Charles Rolls was a pioneer aviator and, at first, a balloonist, with over 170 ball...