Air & Space Magazine

Kelly Johnson was in his 20s when he challenged the early design of Lockheed’s Electra

Head Skunk

Kelly Johnson was a giant in aircraft design. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, we find out how his legend grew

During wartime flight instruction at Harlem, students learned on a WACO UPF-7 trainer; the field also had Piper Cubs.

The Other Harlem

In 1930s Chicago, at the corner of 87th Street and Harlem Avenue, Cornelius Coffey made aviation history.

A Bombardier Challenger 850 executive jet gets a cabinet of fine wood veneer, made by Lufthansa Technik craftsmen. Finishes add tons to an airplane’s empty weight.

The Gold-Plated Cabin

There aren’t many companies that can make an airliner fit for a king.

An F-16 with the Arizona National Guard.

Would a Fighter Pilot Shoot Down a Private Airplane?

Interceptions over restricted airspace—mostly of innocent civilians—are more common than you’d think

A Bronco returns to Udorn Air Base, Thailand. Both canopy doors are open to cool the cockpit.

Legends of Vietnam: Bronco's Tale

One of the most versatile aircraft of the Vietnam War appears on the verge of a comeback

Driver Scott Maxwell uses 3-D goggles to view the Martian surface on a computer, a key way to identify obstacles.

Our Favorite Martians

For the scientists and engineers who drive the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, Mars exploration is personal.

Space Shuttle Enterprise Arival at UHC on November 20, 2003 being moved into the Space Hangar

Shuttles For Sale

Three orbiters in search of good homes. Not cheap.

Captain Mark Nel (left, with First Officer Hugo van den Berg) insisted the crew wear full uniform during the air race.

Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races

Moments and Milestones: A Day at the Races

The author just discovered a Pancho’s Happy Bottom Riding Club T-shirt he had stored away from his stint at Edwards Air Force Base — never worn.

Above & Beyond: The Unhappy Bottom Riding Club

Above & Beyond: The Unhappy Bottom Riding Club

The SP-100 space nuclear reactor.

Talismanic Thinking

Wild claims are being tossed about regarding the future U.S. space program

Just imagine ejecting from one of these flying at approximately 800 mph.

The First Supersonic Bail-Out

How does it feel to eject from an aircraft going nearly 800 miles per hour?

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Let It Snow

<p>The white stuff comes to the Olympics, if a little late.</p>

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Race and the Space Race

PRX Radio ran an interesting piece over the weekend, narrated by former astronaut Mae Jemison, about race and the early space program. NASA and the civil rights movement came of age in the same decade, and by chance, the agency's main centers were in places like Texas, Alabama, and Florida—the hear...

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New Lightning

Last week, a third Lockheed Martin F-35B—the coolest variant of the F-35, with its ability to take off vertically then go supersonic—joined two others already undergoing flight tests at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. (It's shown here leaving the Lockheed facility in Fort Worth, Texas...

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Plumes Aplenty

<p>A Saturn moon belches with abandon.</p>

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A Lunar Visionary

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More Detail From NASA

Those who say NASA is giving up on human space exploration may want to take a look at the details the agency just released about where its budgeted money is going over the next several years. The table on page EXP-3 of this document shows more than $15 billion over the next five years allocated for...

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Falcon 9 on the Launch Pad

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket—which the company hopes will usher in a new era of lower-cost commercial space travel—has arrived at its launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.Engineers are checking out the vehicle's fuel, liquid oxygen, and gas pressure systems. Once they pass muster, the launch team will...

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Cupola-fied

<p>The&nbsp; International Space Station gets a window on the world.</p>

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The Capt. Marlon Green

When Marlon Green wanted a flying job with Continental Airlines more than 50 years ago, the company wouldn't give him the time of day. Now they've named an airplane after him.Green, who died last year at the age of 80, had to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court to get hired as the first Afric...

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