Aerospace Scientists and Engineers
The scientists and engineers behind the science, design and production of air and spacecraft
That Extra Little Lift
Willard Custer's Channel Wing looked like a mistake. Turns out his critics were the ones who were wrong.
May 2007 |
By Tim Wright
A & S Interview: Frank Robinson
The world's most prolific builder of civilian helicopters.
March 2007 |
By Mark Huber
Mars Needs Heroes
When it comes to Martian studies, Mike Carr wrote the book.
March 2007 |
By Bob Craddock
A & S Interview: Joe Sutter
The "Father of the 747" talks about the famed airliner's birth.
January 2007 |
By Bettina Chavanne
Wernher von Braun, Novelist
Half a century ago, the rocket scientist tried his hand at fiction.
January 2007 |
By airspacemag.com
The Ground
Astronauts get the glory, but flight directors run the show.
November 2006 |
By Michael Behar
Nikola Tesla's Curious Contrivance
"You should not be at all surprised if someday you see me fly from New York to Colorado Springs in a contrivance which will resemble a gas stove and weigh almost as much." Nikola Tesla, 1913
September 2006 |
By A.J.S. RAYL
In the Museum: Sweet Success
SpaceShipOne takes its place in the Milestones of Flight gallery.
March 2006 |
By Diane Tedeschi
Watch This Space
Attempts by small space companies to win NASA contracts are as perennial as Lucy, Charlie Brown, and the football.
January 2006 |
By Geoffrey Little
Robo Repairmen
It's getting harder to find good help these days. So these space engineers built their own
July 2005 |
By Michael Behar
The Space Shuttle Returns
How NASA recovered from the Columbia tragedy and tackled the job of getting the shuttle flying again.
May 2005 |
By Linda Shiner
Fork-tailed Devils and Flying Shoes
What does the Northrop P-61 have in common with Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne?
January 2005 |
By Mark Gatlin
Crater Face
If we could see all the holes gouged in the Earth by asteroids, we'd run screaming for cover.
May 2004 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Retro Rocketeers
If a capsule was good enough to get a crew to the moon, these old-timers say, it's good enough to get a crew back to Earth.
May 2004 |
By James Oberg
The Rest of the Rocket Scientists
Some went west. This is the story of the ones who went east.
September 2003 |
By Anatoly Zak
Winner Take All
All the nail biting, second guessing, and sheer engineering brilliance in the battle to build the better Joint Strike Fighter.
January 2003 |
By Evan Hadingham
