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ISS Oxygen Generator Beyond Repair

It's Dead, John

The Russian oxygen generator on board the International Space Station is down for the count.

Former NASA Inspector Found Not Guilty

Avoids Jail Time

After closing arguments Friday, the jury took only two hours to reach not guilty verdicts in the remaining charges against Billy Thornton.

KODIAK Makes Official Debut In Anchorage

On Display To Alaska Airmen

Quest Aircraft's KODIAK made its official worldwide debut Friday at a press conference prior to the opening of the Alaska State Aviation Trade Show in Anchorage, Alaska.

Pitts Python Packs Powerful Punch (Part One)

400-HP Biplane: Not Your Grandfather's Single-Seat Pitts

Jim Kimball Enterprises is home to the kit version of the Pitts Model 12, Curtis Pitts's put-hair-on-your-chest redesign of the classic Pitts aerobatic biplane concept for the 360-hp Vedenyev radial engine.

Flight Engineer Earns Pitsenbarger Award

Bravery In Action

Master Sgt. Robert Colannino Jr. has been named the 2005 Pitsenbarger award winner for his display of heroism in the face of enemy fire.

Opportunity Rover Inches Forward

A Small Test

Friday the 13th may not have been so bad for the folks at JPL. Opportunity actually moved for the first time in two weeks, in a brief test for the crew to validate tests that they've been making here on Earth.