Air & Space Magazine

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The Flying Fortress Turns 75

A classic symbol of World War II aviation, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is celebrating its 75th anniversary of flight today. To commemorate the airplane’s long history, at least four of them will be at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin this week.Of the nearly 13,000 B-17s produced between...

Four F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over Longmont, Colo., for a 4th of July celebration there. The aircraft are assigned to the Colorado Air National Guard�s 140th Wing located at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Kristin Haley)

Four on the Fourth

<p>With a braid of balloons in red, white and blue.</p>

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The Most Well-Traveled Nobel in the Universe

On May 14, 2010, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis left for the International Space Station (ISS) on its 32nd and final flight, it carried some typical items on board: the Russian mini-research module (which provided a new docking port and storage space for the ISS), and a cargo carrier filled with s...

Three UH-60 Blackhawks land at an out post in Northerm Afghanistan, July 22nd, in the Samangan Province. (U. S. Air Force Photo By SSgt Bradley Lail) (released)

Black Hawk

<p>Working overtime.</p>

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The Moon, Asteroids, and Space Resources

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What Does An Emergency Flight Nurse Fear Most?

This summer, the Boy Scouts of America celebrate their 100th anniversary, and the U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a spiffy new stamp to honor the organization.One of my favorite Scouting quotes comes from Janice Hudson's Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse. Hudson worked for many y...

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Asteroid Trackers

Scientists are keeping tabs on an asteroid called Apophis, an 820-foot chunk of rock moseying toward Earth at about 22 miles per second. Apophis—named after an ancient Egyptian god of evil, naturally—will pass near our planet in 2029. How near is near? Closer than our own communication satellites.B...

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Harriers

<p>Good for vertical shots, and other types.</p>

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SpaceShipTwo Gets a Pilot

Some nice scenes here of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (now known as VSS Enterprise) on a recent captive carry flight—with a pilot (Peter Siebold) onboard for the first time.

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Hang Time

Designers of spy planes have come up with any number of ways to increase dwell time over a target

Live From the Moon!

The picture may have been grainy, but it was some of the most riveting TV of the 1960s.

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Where's Waldo?

<p>He apparently went out for donuts.</p>

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Technology Seeding

There's a philosophical war going on in space policy circles these days, between those who believe that grand, ambitious missions drive invention (Apollo), and those who believe it's the other way around (DARPA).Honestly, I think either approach can work, given wise management. But NASA's new direc...

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Corona Australis

<p>A southern star garden.</p>

Earhart and Gallagher family.

Amelia Earhart's Irish Sojourn

Earhart makes a bumpy landing in Northern Ireland

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NASA’s New Mission and the Cult of Management

During a recent interview on Al Jazeera television, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden outlined NASA’s new priorities.

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The Sun Also Sets

...which is why any solar-powered airplane designed to circle the globe has to be able to fly at night, too.Switzerland's Solar Impulse team checked that off their to-do list yesterday.Next up in 2012: an Atlantic crossing in a more advanced prototype to be built next year.

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Brazilian Tribute

<p>A life remembered.</p>

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Scenes From Star City

With more NASA astronauts Twittering and YouTubing these days, you can get all kinds of insider views of the spacefarer's life if you're willing to rummage around the Web a bit. Scott Kelly is training for a space station tour beginning in September, and over the last year has posted video scenes ...

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Roswell, "The Genesis Story of U.S. UFOs"

"It was 58 years ago today that the Roswell incident occurred," said Roger Launius, a National Air and Space Museum Space History curator who could also be considered  NASM's chief skeptic. (An earlier talk of his concerned people who refuse to believe the Apollo program landed men on the moon.) Hi...

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