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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.
The Christmas Bombing
In December 1972, the B-52 bombers that North Vietnamese missile crews had been waiting for came to Hanoi. Night after night. Over virtually the same track.
January 2001 |
By Marshall Michel
How to Get Along in Space
NASA has started a new training program to help space station residents fight off cabin fever.
January 2001 |
By Beth Dickey
Nguyen Van Bay and the Aces From the North
As an F-4 Phantom pilot, I had tried to kill these men. And they had tried to kill me. I thought it was time we had a talk.
November 2000 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
First Up?
Even before NASA was created, civilian and military labs were in search of spacemen.
September 2000 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Bomb Squad
How airborne detectives collect evidence from a cloud of atomic debris.
July 2000 |
By James Schultz
Starz in the Hood
There are more stars in our celestial backyard than we once thought.
May 2000 |
By Michael Milstein
Window on the World
It's only a small pane in the International Space Station.
May 2000 |
By Leonard David
The Sword
Not all of aviation's heroic acts happen on the battlefield.
March 2000 |
By George C. Larson
"Center, This is Compassion Seven-One-Golf"
Helping seriously ill patients reach far-off medical facilities gives pilots the perfect reason to fly.
March 2000 |
By Tom LeCompete
Alone and Unarmed
As unpiloted craft take over the reconnaissance mission, an intelligence insider looks back on the work that set recce pilots apart.
March 2000 |
By Dino A. Brugioni
Fifteen Feet and Closing
At formation flying school, invading your neighbor's space becomes an art form.
January 2000 |
By Debbie Gary
The Coldest Warriors
Tales from the corridors of an agency so secret that officially it didn't exist.
January 2000 |
By William E. Burrows
A Flight Along America's Highway
One man’s mid-century portrait of the United States—from 1,500 feet.
January 2000 |
By John Fleischman
