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The aviators, scientists, engineers and astronauts who have shaped the story of air and space flightDiscover Air & Space articles about the people who have shaped the history of flight – and those who will shape its future.
Alaska’s Crash Epidemic
How technology and an FAA regional office ended it.
June 2013 |
By Greg Freiherr
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
The Astronaut’s Wife
Jan Evans recalls how it was for the families of moon voyagers in the Apollo era.
June 2013 |
By Jennifer Ross-Nazzal
Where Have All the Shuttle Engineers Gone?
To new jobs, some odder than others.
June 2013 |
By Jeremy Davis
Life on Reserve
Being on call means never knowing where you'll fly from one day to the next.
April 22, 2013 |
By Steve Satre
Lindbergh’s Trainer: The Brunner-Winkle Bird
The plane that taught Anne Morrow Lindbergh to fly is flying again.
April 2013 |
By Paul Glenshaw
“Items may shift during flight…”
...and may cause a (minor) medical emergency.
March 06, 2013 |
By Steve Satre
The Experiment, Part Two
Can someone with only flight simulator experience take off and land an airplane on the first try? I wanted to find out.
February 06, 2013 |
By Steve Satre
Even Lindbergh Got Lost
In the 1920’s, only one man held the key to aerial navigation.
February 2013 |
By Roger Connor
The Experiment, Part One
Can an ordinary person take off and land an airplane on the first try, with only flight simulator experience? We put it to the test.
January 25, 2013 |
By Steve Satre
Is Denzel’s Upside-Down Flying Trick Plausible?
When it comes to accuracy, Flight lost me at the walkaround.
November 14, 2012 |
By Steve Satre
Printed in Space
If your star tracker breaks on the way to the moon, just hit Command P.
November 2012 |
By Mark Betancourt
Neil Armstrong, In His Own Words
The first moonwalker's storied aviation career
August 27, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Soul of the Skyraider
A U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation pilot describes what it’s like to fly three generations of ground attack aircraft.
August 14, 2012 |
By Linda Shiner
Divert? Stick to the Plan?
The decision to divert to an alternate airport requires a close watch on the fuel gauge.
July 27, 2012 |
By Steve Satre
Single Room, Earth View
America's first woman in space describes the beauty of Earth from orbit.
July 2012 |
By Sally Ride
Bait and Switch in Libya
Naval aviators push Qaddafi's buttons in a 1981 exercise.
July 2012 |
By Commander Thompson E. Sanders U.S. Navy (Ret.)
