Flying Machines
Vehicles designed for air and space flightExplore Air & Space articles about types of air and spacecraft.
When Republic Aviation Folded
A historian rescued a lone document from the company’s files.
June 2013 |
By Joshua Stoff
Panthers At Sea
U.S. Navy Panthers weren’t highly evolved, but they could shoot. And they were air conditioned.
June 2013 |
By David Noland
What’s Real, and What’s Not?
At the National Air and Space Museum, some artifacts are more genuine than others.
June 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Driving the Space Shuttle
How a team of experts navigated a spaceship through the streets of L.A.
May 21, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
The Navy Gets a Panther
It wasn’t the flashiest jet fighter, but the Grumman F9F was a rugged little aircraft that did everything asked of it.
May 20, 2013 |
By Diane Tedeschi
Earth-Moon: A Watery “Double-Planet”
New work on lunar samples reveal a shared source for water in the deep interior of both Earth and Moon.
May 14, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Thin Crust Moon
New data from NASA's GRAIL mission suggest that the crust of the Moon is thinner than we had thought. Is this idea consistent with the geological evidence?
April 24, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Kepler’s New Planets: Is Anybody Home?
SETI researchers have already listened in for alien transmissions.
April 19, 2013 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Great Asteroid Grab
Instead of astronauts going to the rock, the rock will come to them.
April 12, 2013 |
By Guy Gugliotta
A Brief Tour of Time (and Navigation)
A new exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum tells us where we are, and how to get where we're going next.
April 11, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
The Mystery of Shackleton Crater
New information about the interior of the crater Shackleton at the south pole of the Moon sheds some light -- and even more heat -- on the vexing questions remaining about water on the Moon.
April 08, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
NASA’s Frequent Flier
After logging nearly 1,400 hours in orbit, Jerry Ross reflects on spaceflight past and future.
April 08, 2013 |
By Diane Tedeschi
Docking on the Empire State Building
Despite plans for a mooring station, only one airship ever docked at the Empire State Building.
April 01, 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
For Safe Landings On Two Planets
The 2013 National Air and Space Museum Trophy Winners.
April 2013 |
By The Editors
Cancelled: Britain’s High-Mach Heartbreak
The TSR-2 bomber was a case of aeronautical genius foiled by political foolishness.
April 2013 |
By David Noland
