Diane Tedeschi

Diane Tedeschi is a Senior Associate Editor at Air & Space.

The Apollo 17 landing site, as photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009 and 2011. To the left of Challenger’s descent stage (just right of center) are the astronauts' footpaths. To the right are tracks left by their moon buggy.

Preserving Historic Sites on the Moon

A space lawyer says the Apollo lunar landing sites are worthy of legal protection.

Future President of Israel Ezer Weizman was among the pilots who fought in 1948. He's pictured here with an Avia S-199.

Israel’s First Air Force

A new book documents the rise of a formidable fighting force.

The SR-71 was one hot aircraft to work on—literally.

Keeper of the Blackbirds

Don Campbell was the go-to guy for fixing SR-71s.

U-boats like this one had help from Junkers Ju 290 reconnaissance airplanes.

The Luftwaffe’s Long Arm

German U-boats terrorized Allied ships during World War II, with the help of aerial scouts.

Paul Hudson is a member of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee of the Federal Aviation Administration—and a frequent flier.

The Unfriendly Skies

With air travel horror stories in the news almost daily, your smartphone may be the most important piece of travel gear you own.

The Apollo 8 astronauts, (from left) Jim Lovell, Bill Anders, and Frank Borman, were the first people to truly leave Earth.

Apollo 8: A Journey Into Deep Waters

The thrilling story of the first mission to the moon.

The star of Aircraft Carrier: Guardian of the Seas, with some of the supporting cast.

<i>Aircraft Carrier</i> Opens at IMAX Theaters

A new big-screen film proves that life aboard a carrier is one wild ride.

For forensic ornithologist Carla Dove, examining the National Museum of Natural History’s vast collection of bird specimens—including laughing gulls (above)—is part of a day’s work.

When Birds Hit Aircraft

A forensic ornithologist helps investigate bird strikes.

Walt Disney (left) and Wernher von Braun were among those popularizing space exploration in the 1950s.

Amazing Stories of the Space Age

Some of the space history stories you’ve never heard are the most interesting.

Curiosity took this self-portrait in August 2015, on its 1,065th (Mars) day exploring the planet's surface.

Master of Mars

Pete Theisinger is this year’s recipient of the National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Trophy.

Wallace Dobchuk flies Twin Otters for Kenn Borek Air, a Canadian charter airline that specializes in flying in extreme weather conditions to remote areas of the Arctic and Antarctica.

Rescue at the Bottom of the Earth

An unforgiving environment didn’t stop a Canadian flight crew from doing their job at the South Pole.

Mary Jennings Hegar flew Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters in Afghanistan.

She Just Wanted to Fly

A combat rescue pilot saved lives in Afghanistan while facing challenges to serve at home.

Colleen Barrett is president emeritus at Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines.

From Secretary to Company President

Colleen Barrett is the only woman to serve as the head of a major U.S. airline.

Hawker test pilots (from left) David Lockspeiser, Hugh Merewether, Bill Bedford and Frank Bullen.

A Most Hazardous Occupation

A new book looks at the rich history of British test pilots.

Gus Grissom just before his Gemini 3 launch in 1965.

The Underrated Gus Grissom

A new biography confirms that the Mercury astronaut did indeed have the right stuff.

Tony Kern writes and lectures frequently on human factors issues in the aviation industry.

Complacency in the Cockpit

A human factors expert discusses the subtle dangers facing today’s airline pilots.

President Barack Obama signs legislation in 2009 awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Just Doing Their Job

WASP of the Ferry Command.

Gentry Lee wrote four science fiction novels with Arthur C. Clarke and three solo novels. He lectures about science, the future, and space.

JPL’s Renaissance Man

Gentry Lee likes to stay busy.

How the “Hanoi Hilton” prison looked just before William Reeder’s release in 1973. Reeder is being held behind the middle window.

Shot Down in Vietnam

A former U.S. Army pilot’s memoir of combat and captivity.

Catacombs, 1998. NASA couldn’t have sent men to the moon without first firing the Apollo Saturn V F-1 engine on this test stand at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

NASA’s Glorious Ruins

A photographer finds the beauty in abandoned launch sites.

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