Aerospace Scientists and Engineers
The scientists and engineers behind the science, design and production of air and spacecraft
The Magician of Mojave
Burt Rutan remembers the birth of the VariEze and names his favorite aircraft.
August 2009 |
By Linda Shiner
How Things Work: Self-Healing Airplanes
Several technologies that could put mechanics out of work.
July 2009 |
By Tom LeCompte
The Shuttle in a Different Light
The space shuttle glows in photographs taken by one of its own technicians.
July 13, 2009 |
By The Editors
Where the Wild Things Are
We’re about to get a peek at the solar system’s
final frontier.
July 2009 |
By Guy Gugliotta
Space Suits Past and Future
Bill Elkins has been outfitting astronauts since before NASA was born.
June 10, 2009 |
By Michael Klesius
A Cameraman on Mars
If you really want to know the planet, flip through Mike Malin’s photo album.
January 2009 |
By Andrew Chaikin
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
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
Toy Story
How tossing paper airplanes guided the career of an aerospace engineer.
November 2008 |
By Giles Lambertson
A&S Interview: Farouk El-Baz
A veteran space scientist discusses the challenges of the 21st Century.
November 2008 |
By Elizabeth Howell
End Run
A small band of rogue rocketeers takes on the NASA establishment.
September 29, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
Inexperience Wanted
Student engineers answer NASA’s call to design the airplane of 2058.
August 06, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
The Ultimate Paper Airplane
Japan's bid to launch an origami aircraft from the space station.
May 2008 |
By Ichiko Fuyuno
The Misunderstood Professor
When he suggested in a 1920 treatise that rockets could reach the moon, Robert Goddard sparked a public frenzy.
May 2008 |
By Frank H. Winter
A & S Interview: Michael J. Neufeld
How much did Wernher von Braun know, and when did he know it?
January 01, 2008 |
By Diane Tedeschi
Lunar Landers That Never Were
The road to the moon was paved with good intentions.
January 01, 2008 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Man Behind the Curtain
Space czar Sergei Korolev won fame for the launch of Sputnik, but a more modest genius deserves the credit.
November 2007 |
By Asif Siddiqi
Russia's Long Love Affair with Space
It started with Utopian dreams and rocketeers.
August 2007 |
By Asif Siddiqi
Lunch With Willard
How a meeting 50 years ago solved a photographic mystery.
May 2007 |
By Joe Pappalardo
