Air & Space Magazine: July 2007
Features
An American Obsession
When she vanished-70 years ago this July-she was as big a star as Greta Garbo. Is that why some are still driven to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart?
By Paul Hoversten
Think You Know Amelia?
Take our Earhart quiz and find out.
By airspacemag.com
Can We Hear Them Now?
Speak up, space aliens. These 42 new radio telescopes are all ears.
By Tony Reichhardt
Alenia's Gamble
To help build the Boeing 787's composite fuselage, Italy spends a bundle.
By Joe Pappalardo
Alenia's Robots
They're not as wise as R2D2, but robots are essential in building aircraft like the Airbus A380.
By Joe Pappalardo
Flight Lines
Why contrails hang around.
By Mariana Gosnell
Buried at the Bottom of the World
When people die serving their country, to what lengths must a government go to recover the bodies?
By Carl Hoffman
Operation Highjump
A year after World War II ended, the U.S. Navy mounted a massive-though hastily planned-mission to the bottom of the world.
By Paul Hoversten
It All Started with Sputnik
An eminent space historian looks back on the first 50 years of space exploration.
By Roger D. Launius
50 Ways to Space Out
Looking for ways to celebrate a half century of spaceflight? Here's fifty of 'em.
By Roger Mola
The Real Reasons We Explore Space
Ambition, curiosity, and a reason the NASA Administrator admits has nothing to do with economic benefit.
By Michael Griffin
Restorative Genius
A young military airplane craftsman makes his mark.
By Bettina Haymann Chavanne
In Thrust We Trust
To Tim Pickens, rockets are the only way to go.
By Peter Garrison
How Things Work - Afterburners
Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
By Damond Benningfield
The Niihau Zero
Pieces of Pearl Harbor's lone surviving Zero tell of a violent clash of cultures and a race for technology.
By Nick D'Alto
Hunting Zeros
Finding an airworthy Zero is not easy these days. In fact, you can count them on one hand.
By Roger Mola
In the Museum
Dainty Monster
By Bettina Haymann Chavanne
