By Lauren Vane, Seattle Times Mar. 16--Four years ago, 103 students enrolled in Aviation High School, a fledgling experiment with an aerospace-themed curriculum, run out of a rented airplane hangar and a few classrooms.

By Christina Siderius, Seattle Times Jan. 25--When Jim Hull flew into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport this week, he was toting an unusual item in his carry-on bag: part of a meteorite from Mars.

As a girl, Bonnie Dunbar dreamed of building and flying her own space ships. She's done both, but the five-mission shuttle astronaut turned Museum of Flight president and CEO still gets excited about space.

SEATTLE, Sept. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Museum of Flight is pleased to announce the selection of NASA astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., as its new president and CEO. Dunbar will replace current president and CEO Ralph Bufano -- who has led the Museum since 1991 -- effective Oct. 3.

'Feet down!" Normally, those words are a description of the world as we know it. Feet down. Head up. Horizon level. But up here, where gravity is briefly defeated dozens of times an hour as this jet cycles through up-and-down parabolas 10,000 feet high, it is a command and a warning.