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Spinning a Dream
Forget the Boeing 787's fuel economy. It's all about the spinning cupholders.
May 16, 2012 |
By Roger Mola
The Flight of the Dragon
If things go according to plan Saturday, the world will witness SpaceX launch its first Dragon cargo supply mission to the International Space Station.
May 15, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Titanic’s Wireless Operators: The Original Texters
Text messaging, from 1912 to 2012.
May 14, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Student Rocketry Challenge Blasts Off
Winners take home big prizes (and compete to be the next generation of aerospace leadership) in the Team America Rocketry Challenge.
May 11, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Space History Items Bring $1 Million
To buy a piece of space history, you need plenty of cash.
May 03, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
A Saturn V’s Final Journey: From Mildew to Museum
A new book recounts (sort of) the difficult restoration of a deteriorating Saturn V.
May 01, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers*
The legal status and ownership of resources harvested from space are unclear. How does such uncertainty affect our plans to exploit them?
May 01, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Lin Xu’s Obsession
It started with a search for images of his hometown in China. Hundreds of miles of film later, he can't stop looking.
May 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Spirit of Santa Monica
Between 1920 and 1975, Donald Douglas’ company—and a southern California city—helped shape aviation history.
April 2012 |
By The Editors
Howard Hughes’ Robot
On his record-setting flight in 1938, the billionaire had two navigators, only one of which was human.
April 23, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Discovery Joins the National Air and Space Museum
Two space shuttles parked nose-to-nose today; one leaving its museum home and the other ready to take its place.
April 19, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
2013 Airshow Planner
Use our interactive map to link to events around the country, then share your airshow experiences.
April 2012 |
By Air & Space staff
Changes at the Reno Race Track?
The National Safety Board’s recommendations may be only the beginning.
April 13, 2012 |
By Linda Shiner
High Valor
Barry Crawford is honored for his heroism as a combat air controller in Afghanistan.
April 13, 2012 |
By Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine
Analogy for Space: Aviation or Seafaring?
Is space travel more like aviation or sea faring? It depends on your mission.
April 13, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Thursday Night is Yuri’s Night
How will you celebrate human spaceflight on April 12?
April 11, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Air & Space Airshow Spotter's Guide
Fun facts about the airplanes you'll see on the 2012 circuit.
April 01, 2012 |
By airspacemag.com
