Air & Space Magazine

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Artifacts on the Road

A gallery of traveling air- and spacecraft loaned out by the Smithsonian.

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Rise and Shine

<p>You've gotta get up early to be ready for the Reno air races.</p>

The Hawker Sea Furys owned and raced by Brian and Dennis Sanders are celebrities at the 2012 races.

Back in the Race at Reno

Not all the new safety measures are welcome, but the teams are upbeat, and happy to be racing again

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The Hemingways Go Flying

The macho man of American Letters was a nervous flier. His wife was another story

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Pi in the Sky

<p>San Francisco area residents got mathematical message on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>

All suited up in Moon Zero Two (1969).

Hollywood’s Spacesuits

A sci-fi historian’s guide to movie spacesuits, from wacky to realistic

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Many Firsts in Flight

<p>Two decades ago, the first African-American woman -- and a handful of other firsts -- launched aboard space shuttle Endeavour.</p>

Kounotori, packed full of supplies, arrived at the space station in July.

Kounotori’s End

A Japanese camera will try to catch first-time pictures of a satellite's breakup

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Inspecting the Underside

<p>Curiosity takes a few self-portraits.</p>

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Free Enterprise and “New Space”

Is "New Space" free enterprise?

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New York's Blimp Parade

<p>Forty percent of the U.S. blimp population floats over New York City.</p>

George Orwell wrote for the BBC from August 18, 1941 to November 24, 1943. His broadcasts were heard in India, Malaya, and Indonesia.

Alarming Reports from George Orwell

In the weeks leading up to the Blitz, Londoners were still learning how to respond to air-raid warnings

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Floating Blue Moon

<p>A weather satellite looks up.&nbsp;</p>

The wingtop pods on a Typhoon contain sensors and radar decoys used for electronic defense.

Why are the Eurofighter’s wingtips different?

Why are the Eurofighter’s wingtips different?

The shuttle program somehow managed to survive the 1972 North American Rockwell Office Supply Shoot-Out.

Interoffice Launch

How do a bunch of bored aerospace engineers kill time? Shoot down rubber-band ornithopters, of course.

The starboard engine on the author’s F/A-18D takes licking, keeps ticking after a February 21, 1991 Iraqi missile strike.

“We’ve Been Hit”

F/A-18 vs. surface-to-air missile: Guess who won.

Whenever possible, original materials are saved. Project lead David Wilson (left) and chief conservator Malcolm Collum examine original fabric patches, used to cover bolt holes in the wing.

In the Museum: Painting History

Restoring the sole surviving Heinkel He 219.

Mathias Rust’s Skyhawk is on display at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin.

Moments and Milestones: The Bridge Builder

Twenty-five years ago, Mathias Rust decided to personally intervene in the cold war

Built in 1928, the steel frame of the Curtiss flying school is still sound.

Glenn Curtiss Was Here

A 1920s hangar still stands at a Connecticut airport.

Over Vietnam in 1966, a Douglas A-1 flies cover on a rescue mission.

Airman Down

Rescue aircraft are different today, but "surrender" is still a dirty word.

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