Aerospace Science
The study of air and space flight, astronomy and the effect of flight on living organisms
The Man Who Could See Air
Richard Whitcomb changed the shape of wings to come.
July 2002 |
By Peter Garrison
The Lone Star Observatory
It may be Oklahoma, but this amateur-built observatory is all Texas.
July 2002 |
By Eric Adams
Commentary: Astronauts to Asteroids
We've done the moon. Mars is too far. There's a better destination in our own back yard.
May 2002 |
By Thomas D. Jones
Shooting the Moon
How a clever camera and its irascible inventor captured the lunar surface—but not the hearts of Apollo astronauts.
May 2002 |
By Joseph Bourque
Barfology
What scientists haven't solved and hot-shot pilots won't talk about.
May 2002 |
By William Gregory
How Things Work: Shuttle Launch Windows
Space Shuttle launches must work like clockwork. Here is how the clockwork works.
March 2002 |
By Eric Adams
X-Ray Eyes
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory opens the book on the high-energy universe.
March 2002 |
By James S. Schultz
In the Museum: The Rock
The lunar Touchrock is one of the most popular objects in the National Air and Space Museum.
March 2002 |
By Bob Craddock
Ready, Set, Flap!
Birds do it, bees do it. Can two weird aircraft make aviation history doing it?
January 2002 |
By Graham Chandler
How Things Work: Cabin Pressure
Why you remain conscious at 30,000 feet.
January 2002 |
By George C. Larson
Science Floats
What a satellite can do, balloons can do cheaper.
January 2002 |
By T. A. Heppenheimer
How Things Work: Celestial Navigation
Knowing where you are going in space.
November 2001 |
By Joe Henderson
The Mirror Makers
The fight is on for the chance to build the world's most advanced space telescope.
November 2001 |
By Ben Iannotta
How Things Work: Winglets
You know those things on the wingtips of airliners that stick straight up? The first in a new series is all about why you're seeing more of them.
September 2001 |
By George Larson
Fade to Black
Now and then, the faintest whisper returns from NASA's distant space probes.
July 2001 |
By J. Kelly Beatty
Commentary: A More Perfect Astronaut
With new techniques in genetic experimentation, can biologists make hardier space dwellers?
July 2001 |
By Kenneth S. Kosik
