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September 2018

Features

A new business model may make them real this time.

A vertical shock wave reversed time.

Jared Leidich

NASA’s next space taxi won’t be government property.

History, family, flying: It’s all here in Wichita.

Inside its granite fortress, the agency that has protected North America for 60 years still stands guard.

A World War I trainer—and aviation film star—comes home.

Jan Bridgeford-Smith

Pentagon leaders insisted that an Air Force fighter-bomber would make a great Navy interceptor. They should have asked the Navy.

A new book reveals the drama that unfolded during the creation of an iconic film.

Soundings

When a rare cosmic neutrino hit the South Pole, alarms around the world went off.

Soundings

Helen James’ fight for justice is recognized by the National Air and Space Museum.

Shanise Wallace

Interview

Axiom Space aims to resume sending private “spaceflight participants” to the space station.

Oldies and Oddities

In 1908, Frank Lahm issued the first airplane accident report.

In the Museum

The first flying objects crafted by human hands.