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.
Before the Fire
Veteran space reporter Jay Barbree recalls Apollo's darkest day.
November 01, 2007 |
By Jay Barbree
20 Hours to Solo
Will a new pilot category restore the glory days of general aviation?
September 2007 |
By Mark Huber
The Astronaut Jeweler
More than 1,500 pieces designed by Paul Dimitriu have flown on the space shuttle.
September 2007 |
By Rick Hauck
The Country Where Nobody Flies
Did Cuba abandon its private pilots or did they abandon Cuba?
August 2007 |
By Rafael Lima
Russia's Long Love Affair with Space
It started with Utopian dreams and rocketeers.
August 2007 |
By Asif Siddiqi
Tuskegee Memories
This World War II veteran loved flying all airplanes, but especially the Mustang.
August 2007 |
By Diane Tedeschi
An American Obsession
When she vanished-70 years ago this July-she was as big a star as Greta Garbo. Is that why some are still driven to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart?
July 2007 |
By Paul Hoversten
Buried at the Bottom of the World
When people die serving their country, to what lengths must a government go to recover the bodies?
July 2007 |
By Carl Hoffman
A & S Interview: Leonard Bruno
The Library of Congress manuscript specialist looks after some of aviation's most historic documents.
July 2007 |
By Pat Trenner
Lunch With Willard
How a meeting 50 years ago solved a photographic mystery.
May 2007 |
By Joe Pappalardo
The G Machine
Riding an Atlas into space was a piece of cake compared to pulling 32 Gs on the Johnsville centrifuge.
May 2007 |
By Mark Wolverton
That Extra Little Lift
Willard Custer's Channel Wing looked like a mistake. Turns out his critics were the ones who were wrong.
May 2007 |
By Tim Wright
A & S Interview: Frank Robinson
The world's most prolific builder of civilian helicopters.
March 2007 |
By Mark Huber
Great Hero Yang
In 2003, China's first astronaut stepped out of his space capsule and into the limelight.
March 2007 |
By James R. Hansen
In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth
A writer searches southern England for traces of a legendary World War II air force.
March 2007 |
By John Fleischman
Aviation's Jackie Robinson
It took a Supreme Court decision, but in 1963 Marlon Green finally broke into the majors.
March 2007 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Mars Needs Heroes
When it comes to Martian studies, Mike Carr wrote the book.
March 2007 |
By Bob Craddock
A Quarter Century of "Black Wings"
A talk with the curator of the National Air and Space Museum's soon-to-be-updated exhibit on African-Americans in aviation.
March 2007 |
By Diane Tedeschi
