Flying Machines
Vehicles designed for air and space flightExplore Air & Space articles about types of air and spacecraft.
The Misty Mystique
Over Vietnam, F-100 pilots flew fast and low. Later, they hit the heights.
February 2013 |
By Mark Bernstein
Into The Great Unknown
The Voyagers begin the first real star trek.
February 2013 |
By Christopher Riley and Richard Corfield
10 Billion Miles From Home
More than 35 years into their mission, our farthest-flung spacecraft are not finished yet.
February 2013 |
By Paul Hoversten
Can the Pentagon Unbundle Its Behemoth Space Systems?
Support for "disaggregation" of military satellites is getting louder.
January 31, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Geological mapping of another world
Thanks to geologic mapping, we understood the story of the Moon well before we actually went there.
January 25, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Charley Kohlhase’s Solar System
The images that awed Voyager’s mission designer.
January 24, 2013 |
By Paul Hoversten
About Those Airliner Batteries
They're not the same as the AAs from your hardware store, or even your car battery.
January 23, 2013 |
By George Larson
The 727 Turns Fifty
Once a best-seller, the airliner’s pilots still swear by it.
January 2013 |
By George C. Larson, Member, NAA
Why Do Airliners Have Teething Problems?
If they're introducing new technology, problems are almost guaranteed.
January 15, 2013 |
By George Larson
Stratomouse!
In the 1950s, balloons carried live mice to near-space to study how the trip might affect astronauts.
January 11, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Taming the Viper
At Luke Air Force Base, young pilots learn to fly the F-16.
January 11, 2013 |
By The Editors
Hugh L. Dryden and the American Space Program
Congress has proposed that the name of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center be re-named to honor Neil Armstrong. Should it?
January 06, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
The Luna 1 Hoax Hoax
How the world's first lunar mission got mired in cold war conspiracy theories.
January 02, 2013 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Rotary Rescue
The Sikorsky HO5S-1 made its name flying medevac missions in Korea.
January 2013 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Fear Factor
Panic attacks in an airliner? Try a smaller airplane, with a friend as your pilot.
January 2013 |
By Jeremy Davis
The Beech Boys
The pilots and fans dedicated to prolonging the stardom of the Beech 18.
January 2013 |
By David Freed
Judgment Day
Inventive design or fatal flaw? On a homebuilt airplane, one person makes the call.
January 2013 |
By Sarah Brown
The Ordeal of VF-653
From a Navy Reserve pilot’s letters home, a picture of the darkest days of the Korean War
January 2013 |
By David Sears
Splat!
The Ranger series of space probes finally succeeded — on the seventh try.
January 2013 |
By George C. Larson
