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April/May 2017
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Features
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The Big Sleep
For astronauts on long space voyages, the safest way to travel may be in induced hibernation.
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Picture This
Winners of the 4th Annual Air & Space Photo Contest
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Private Preston’s Wild Ride
From Obscurity to the White House.
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Scenes From a Violent Universe
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory watches catastrophes among the stars.
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Jerry Yagen and the Fighter Factory
At the annual Warbirds Over the Beach airshow, a wealthy collector remakes the world as it was in 1944.
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One Giant Leap for Unmanned Kind
Can a robot head toward the moon by year’s end?
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Amazon Floats Drone Hub
The online retail giant re-inflates an old idea.
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The Birth of Flight in Georgia
Georgians are justly proud of the day Ben Epps first flew his airplane. But for 100 years, they’ve been proud of the wrong day.
Departments
Apollo 11 Moonship To Go On Tour
For the next two years, the Command Module Columbia and other artifacts will travel the United States.
Taking Earth’s Temperature
A single, precise number is harder to come up with than you’d think.
The First Airplane Passenger
The Wright brothers’ indispensable helper got a ride as a reward.
I Love My Job, and Here’s How I Got It
Erik Hokuf, General Manager of AirCorps Aviation, Bemidji, Minnesota
She Just Wanted to Fly
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front.
Flying Past Fuji
Pilots can’t resist taking photos against one of the world’s most beautiful backdrops.