Air & Space Magazine: November 2008

Articles

Fly Us to the Moon

The next lunar explorers will soon report to Houston. Are some already there?
By Michael Cassutt

Airliner Repair, 24/7

Boeing's traveling fix-it team has one goal: Get it airborne.
By Stephen Joiner

Top NASA Photos of All Time

50 indelible images from the first 50 years of spaceflight
By The Space History Division, National Air and Space Museum

Restoration: The Memphis Belle

For this famous B-17, surviving 25 missions in World War II was the easy part.
By Mark Bernstein

Accidental Classic

From the designers who brought you the P-51 Mustang, an airplane with a complicated past…and a controversial present.
By Mark Huber

How Things Work: The Ouija Board

Think of a shipboard chess game with airplanes instead of pawns.
By Mark Wolverton

Toy Story

How tossing paper airplanes guided the career of an aerospace engineer.
By Giles Lambertson

If I Were to Land on Mars...

A small malfunction lands three astronauts on Russia’s version of the Red Planet.
By Don Pettit

The Last to Die

The war in the Pacific ended as it began, with a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes.
By Stephen Harding

Viewport: NASA’s First 50

By J.R. Dailey

In The Museum: The Universe in 5,000 Square Feet

By Michael Klesius

Above & Beyond: The Village of Tempelhof

By CHARLES BRADY

Oldies & Oddities: The Alraigo Incident

By TIM WRIGHT

Then & Now: Wash Day

By Roger A. Mola

Moments & Milestones: The First “A” in NASA

By GEORGE C. LARSON, MEMBER, NAA

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Are aft-facing airplane seats safer?

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