Blogs
If it flies, hovers, launches, or orbits, you can read about it here.
Astronaut Don Pettit blogs from space—and other exotic locales.
Lunar scientist Paul Spudis on the current U.S. space program.
Inside the cockpit with airline pilot Steve Satre.
Editors' Picks
About Those Space Joyrides…
The first suborbital tourists will spend up to $200,000 for a few precious minutes of weightlessness. How many minutes will they get?
The Other Air Forces
Humorist Bruce McCall's small fleet of little-known aircraft.
Design by Rutan
A retrospective of Burt Rutan's high-performance art.
Space 2012: What’s Ahead
Twelve things to watch for in space next year—if the world doesn’t end.
The Kids Are Trying to Crash
Remote-control models face off in the Extreme Flight Championships.
Photo Essay
Combat on Canvas
Art and artifacts from the Marine front lines, now on display in Washington.
Air & Space Interview
The Witness
Want to set a record-breaking flight? You’ll need an observer from the National Aeronautic Association.
Air Candy
Featured Video
Letters To Earth Blog
The World Through a Looking Glass
From orbit, the more you know about our planet, the more you can see.
By Don Pettit
Photos
Combat on Canvas
Art and artifacts from the Marine front lines, now on display in Washington.
By Rebecca Maksel
History of Flight
Or Die Trying
After the Wright brothers flew, a handful of inventors were determined to join them
By Paul Glenshaw
The Daily Planet Blog
Shhh, We’re Hunting Asteroids
DARPA's Space Surveillance Telescope is seeking out potentially Earth-threatening asteroids.
By Heather Goss
Space Exploration
Fred vs. Skylab
A welcome-home party for what was left of a space station.
By Scott N. Gaines
Military Aviation
At the B-17 Co-op
Like bomber crews on 100-plane raids, today’s B-17 owners find strength—and survival—in numbers.
By Brendan McNally
The Daily Planet Blog
Sunstorm? Been There, Done That
Solar tantrums of 1859, 1921, and 1989.
By Rebecca Maksel
Military Aviation
Cancelled: The Navy's SeaMaster
The Navy wanted a nuclear bomber of its own; the Glenn Martin Company thought, Why not a flying boat?
By Mark Wolverton
Military Aviation
D.A.S.H. Goes to War
The first rotary-wing UAV entered military service in 1962—and remained in operation until 1997.
By Rebecca Maksel
Military Aviation
One Fast Yak
How Will Whiteside and his team transformed a light trainer into a racer.
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
The Daily Planet Blog
DARPA ISO UAV
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is trying out innovation the 21st century way: crowdsourcing.
By Heather Goss
Military Aviation
The Last Bombing Run
They survived the mission; would they survive the landing?
By Tom Murphy
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March 2012
Air & Space Videos
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Helter SkelterJamie Robertson flies his radio-control helicopter with controlled chaos. |
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Curiosity’s VoyageA preview of NASA’s next Mars mission. |
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Click! Got It!Through the photographer’s lens on an aerial photo shoot. |
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The Dragon in OrbitThe world's first privately developed space capsule makes a stunning debut. |
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The "Fighting Falcon"Live, loaded, and ready to go at a moment's notice. |
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Space Station Fly-AroundTake a narrated tour of the station with the same animation astronauts use in training. |
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Go For Launch!Space shuttle Discovery gets prepped for flight—in just under four minutes. |
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