Air & Space Magazine: May 2002
Features
Space Shuttle Diaries
Exhilaration, fear, surprise, and fun: spaceflight, according to the astronauts.
By The Editors of Air&Space Magazine
Flying Upside Down
Devices an aerobatic airplane uses to defy gravity--and convention.
By Patricia Trenner
Russian Revolution
Why airshows have so many Russians on their rosters.
By Debbie Gary
Restoration: Best of Seven
The Boeing B-29
By J. Douglas Hinton
Armed and Anonymous
On your next flight, the passenger in the seat beside you could be a federal air marshal.
By D.C. Agle
Barfology
What scientists haven't solved and hot-shot pilots won't talk about.
By William Gregory
Shooting the Moon
How a clever camera and its irascible inventor captured the lunar surface—but not the hearts of Apollo astronauts.
By Joseph Bourque
Commentary: Astronauts to Asteroids
We've done the moon. Mars is too far. There's a better destination in our own back yard.
By Thomas D. Jones
Shop Class Was Never Like This
The airplane builders of Mundelein High.
By John Fleischman
Viewport: A Look Back at Lindbergh
By J.R. Dailey
In the Museum: Buck Rogers in the 21st Century
The reality of spaceflight is tangible; a spacecraft or flight spare enables us to preserve the technology involved in a Mars landing so that future generations can understand how it was done. But how do you preserve a "sensation" so that future generations will appreciate its impact on society?
By Bob Craddock
Above & Beyond: Mission X
By Major Arthur Tomassetti
Flights & Fancy: You Go, Girl!
By Homer Hickam
Moments & Milestones: The Greatest Great Circle
By Stuart Nixon
