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Explore Air & Space articles by century or aviation era.The story of aviation from early flight to the modern era
The Art of War
The paintings of Tom Lea, Life magazine's artist-correspondent during World War II.
February 06, 2009 |
By Rebecca Maksel
A&S Interview: Georgy Mosolov
A top Soviet-era test pilot talks about his favorite MiGs and his friend Yuri Gagarin.
January 22, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
A Smashing Success
How the Ranger probes’ moon crashes helped pave the way for Apollo.
January 21, 2009 |
By Paul Hoversten
Cities From the Sky
Sherman Fairchild, the photographer who transformed aviation
January 12, 2009 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Black Eagle of Harlem
The truth behind the tall tales of Hubert Fauntleroy Julian.
January 2009 |
By David Shaftel
Present at Creation
From five witnesses came a family tradition to honor the moment the airplane was born.
January 2009 |
By Tom Crouch
One More Second
The masters of time are about to give us a little extra. Use it wisely.
January 2009 |
By James R. Chiles
Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?
How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for
target practice.
January 2009 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Red and The Robots
Red Whittaker’s rovers have already gone where no robot has gone before. Will one of them make it to the moon?
January 2009 |
By Geoffrey Little
Weightless Workouts
A new fitness machine on the space station brings astronaut exercise into the 21st century
December 31, 2008 |
By airspacemag.com
To Boldly Go
Sending Apollo 8 to the moon was a risky mix of cold war politics, bravery, and the faith of one man, George Low, in his engineers.
December 19, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
Warbird Obsession
It's an addiction. Admitting you have it is the first step.
December 03, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
The Flying White House
Presidential airplanes, past and present.
November 06, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
If I Were to Land on Mars...
A small malfunction lands three astronauts on Russia’s version of the Red Planet.
November 2008 |
By Don Pettit
How Things Work: The Ouija Board
Think of a shipboard chess game with airplanes instead of pawns.
November 2008 |
By Mark Wolverton
The Last to Die
The war in the Pacific ended as it began, with a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes.
November 2008 |
By Stephen Harding
Accidental Classic
From the designers who brought you the P-51 Mustang, an airplane with a complicated past…and a controversial present.
November 2008 |
By Mark Huber
