Air & Space Magazine

Model airplane powered by...flies.

Fly-Powered Planes and Other Oddities

Oddball items at the National Air and Space Museum

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City Lights and Sandy

<p>A hurricane after landfall.&nbsp;</p>

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Spikes on Saturn

<p>After-effects of a storm add more mystery to the ringed planet.</p>

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“Get Us Off This Plane!”

When you’re trapped on an airliner, Kate Hanni wants to help.

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Into the Milky Way

<p>A star field by the numbers.&nbsp;</p>

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Martian Grand Canyon

<p>This 2500 mile stretch of canyon is one of the solar system's largest.</p>

An airway marking on an unidentified 12-story building, presumably in the Atlanta area, circa early 1930's.

Pilots, Look Down

To find their way home, aviators used to be able to read the rooftops

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Nice View of the Cotton From Up Here

<p>Harrier exercises over Arizona</p>

Spiders at 30,000 Feet: A Louise Bourgeouis sculpture outside the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Spooky Skies

Just in time for Halloween, a collection of aviation mysteries

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Lightning on Display

<p>The last G Model had to be recovered from a 50-year resting place in the Alaskan snow.</p>

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Water from the Sun

What is the ultimate source of the water found at the poles of the Moon? A new study of some lunar soil samples suggests a surprising answer

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Supersonic Jump A Sucess

<p>Felix Baumgartner reached Mach 1.24 in freefall on Sunday.</p>

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The Eye of the Beholder

For its innovation and emphasis on inner beauty, the Hondajet deserves a recent design award

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Double the Ospreys

<p>A multiple exposure from the field.</p>

"True" color (left) and "false" color (right) images of the near side of the Moon from Clementine. "Blue" units in Mare Tranquillitatis (right middle of false color image) are ilmenite-rich lavas.

Once in a Blue Moon

What color is the Moon? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think

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Ace of Clubs

Flying clubs can bring the costs of operating an airplane within the reach of mid-income pilots

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Redundancy Counts

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket keeps on chugging, despite an engine loss

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Tiny Radio Sats in Orbit

<p>Amateur radio buffs can now get signals from these cubesats.&nbsp;</p>

The job we all dream of: crashing a Boeing 727 in the name of science.

Crash Test TV

Destroying a 727 in the name of science...and entertainment

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Printed Prototypes

Aerospace companies find new uses for 3D printers every day

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