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People

The aviators, scientists, engineers and astronauts who have shaped the story of air and space flight

Discover Air & Space articles about the people who have shaped the history of flight – and those who will shape its future.
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Prairie Wind

In Nowheresville, Nebraska, the Air Force learned a thing or two about turbulence.
November 2009 | By Dave Manoucheri

“Little Joe” capsules were the precursors of Alan Shepard’s Mercury spacecraft.

How the Spaceship Got Its Shape

In the 1950s Harvey Allen solved the problem of atmospheric entry. But first he had to convince his colleagues.
November 2009 | By Andrew Chaikin

A cloaking device is made of copper rings, each surrounded by 10 layers of meta-material.

Now You See It, Now You Don’t

Blinding us with science: the next generation of stealth.
November 2009 | By Damond Benningfield

Earhart and navigator, Harry Manning, photographed by Albert Bresnik

Amelia's Astronaut Connection

The grandson of Amelia Earhart's photographer will carry her scarf higher than she ever did—into orbit.
October 23, 2009 | By Jill Michaels

Lieutenant Harold Robinson

Steichen Sent Me

Led by famed fashion photographer Edward Steichen, a group of camera men captured the action of World War II naval aviation.
October 01, 2009 | By Mark D. Faram

F-16s from the Ohio Air National Guard patrol over Iraq during Operation Northern Watch in 2002.

Over the No-Fly Zone

Patrolling over northern Iraq in 2001 felt like driving through a small town with Hell's Angels.
September 22, 2009 | By Randy Gordon

First Around the World

For balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the end of one journey marked the beginning of another.
September 17, 2009 | By Linda Shiner

Dust devils like this one form frequently at Eldorado Valley.

Devils’ Advocates

Some people go to Las Vegas to gamble, others to learn about Mars.
September 2009 | By Tony Reichhardt

The Boeing X-48C blended wing-body, the last model tested in the full-scale tunnel, is shown on August 31, 2009. After its last day, September 4, engineers began dismantling the model, as NASA made plans to move forward with the demolition of the tunnel beginning in early 2010.

Last Breath

As NASA prepares to shut down a historic wind tunnel in Virginia, some hope for a stay of execution.
September 10, 2009 | By Michael Klesius

Designers (from left) Tom Hudspeth, Harold Rosen, and Don Williams, holding a tube for amplifying radio frequency signals, surround the world’s first geosynchronous satellite, Syncom.

Spin Doctors

For that satellite dish on your roof and the phone calls you make to Japan, you can thank Harold Rosen.
September 2009 | By Guy Gugliotta

The F-14 was the first fighter to rely on a digital computer to optimize performance. Its microprocessor adjusted its wing sweep.

The Road to the Future… Is Paved With Good Inventions

We bring you 10 great ideas that made flying safer, easier, or just a whole lot more fun.
September 2009 | By The Editors

One of the nearest-term ideas for future space travel: a nuclear thermal rocket that could get to Mars in 30 days.

Mars, and Step on It

When it’s not the journey but the destination that counts.
September 2009 | By Michael Klesius

Today’s state-of-the-art in imaging planets around other stars: combined Hubble telescope pictures (taken years apart) show a world three times as massive as Jupiter circling the star Fomalhaut.

Block That Star!

How can we find other Earths if their suns keep blinding us?
September 2009 | By Tony Reichhardt

If engineers can corral liquid hydrogen, reshape pressure waves, and make fuel from algae, future airline passengers will travel around the world at hypersonic speeds in strange-looking aircraft.

The Perfect Airplane

Fast, green, and quiet. Come on, brainiacs, you can do it.
September 2009 | By Ed Regis

Rutan in his VariEze, back in the day.

The Magician of Mojave

Burt Rutan remembers the birth of the VariEze and names his favorite aircraft.
August 2009 | By Linda Shiner

Zero-g airplanes give short bursts of weightlessness.

Swimming Lessons

Astronauts had to swim before they could walk.
August 11, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

Bean hopes to complete 200 to 250 paintings of Apollo during his lifetime.

The Art of a Moonwalker

Alan Bean’s moonscapes show what photographs can’t.
August 2009 | By The Editors

STS-27 on its way to orbit in December 1988.

Secret Space Shuttles

When you’re 200 miles up, it’s easy to hide what you’re up to.
August 2009 | By Michael Cassutt

Young man on a mission: A baby-faced George H.W. Bush (above), shown in 1943-44, flew the Grumman TBM Avenger in the Pacific. Half a lifetime later, he would land in the Oval Office.

From Pilot to President

Do aviators make better leaders?
August 2009 | By Barrett Tillman

A deformed machine gun from the Nakajima Ki-27 spoke volumes to the author (center).

Above and Beyond: Recovery: Bataan

August 2009 | By Ralph Wetterhahn


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