People
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.
End Run
A small band of rogue rocketeers takes on the NASA establishment.
September 29, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
The Great Race
When the Air Mail Service decided to establish a route between New York City and Chicago, two pilots competed to fly it first.
September 18, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
First Steps
Chinese astronauts are preparing for their first spacewalk. What's in store for them?
September 18, 2008 |
By Leroy Chiao
1908: The Year the Airplane Went Public
Five years after Kitty Hawk, the Wrights finally showed the world their invention.
August 29, 2008 |
By Tom D. Crouch
The Father of Chinese Aviation
Feng Ru made history on the California coast, then introduced airplanes to his native land.
August 13, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Inexperience Wanted
Student engineers answer NASA’s call to design the airplane of 2058.
August 06, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
China’s First Lady of Flight
In an era when Chinese women weren’t allowed to drive cars, Lee Ya-Ching flew the globe.
July 24, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Humans vs. Robots
Which way lies our future in space? A discussion.
June 27, 2008 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Ultimate Paper Airplane
Japan's bid to launch an origami aircraft from the space station.
May 2008 |
By Ichiko Fuyuno
School of Hard Rocks
Loni Habersetzer teaches pilots how to land on the harshest terrain.
May 2008 |
By Tom LeCompte
The Misunderstood Professor
When he suggested in a 1920 treatise that rockets could reach the moon, Robert Goddard sparked a public frenzy.
May 2008 |
By Frank H. Winter
What does it take to become an "ace"?
And has anyone ever been stripped of that status?
April 07, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Premier Performer
For their first airshows, the Wright exhibition team relied on the Model B.
March 19, 2008 |
By Paul Glenshaw
Across the Divide in 1911
A new biography details the exploits of teenage aviation pioneer Cromwell Dixon.
March 01, 2008 |
By Tom Harpole
Curtiss on Curtiss
The aviation pioneer chronicled his life and work in a once rare (but now freely downloadable) 1912 book.
March 01, 2008 |
By airspacemag.com
Goodbye, Silas Hicks
Charlie Kulp bids farewell to his alter ego, the "Flying Farmer."
March 01, 2008 |
By Linda Shiner
The Search for Steve Fossett
One tough job for the U.S. Civil Air Patrol.
March 2008 |
By Michael Behar
America the Cruisable
The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.
March 2008 |
By James Wynbrandt
A & S Interview: Michael J. Neufeld
How much did Wernher von Braun know, and when did he know it?
January 01, 2008 |
By Diane Tedeschi
