Air & Space Magazine

An historic pairing in Texas for the benefit of the world's best aviation photographers.

Lightning Strikes Twice

An historic pairing in Texas for the benefit of the world's best aviation photographers.

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New Room

Astronaut Takao Doi checks out Japan's newly arrived "Kibo" space station module.

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Reader Scrapbook

How to submit pictures for our online Reader Scrapbook

Walt Pierce helps Pat Trenner try on his Stearman wing at 1978’s Oshkosh, Wisconsin Fly-in.

Wingophobia

Just a few minutes outside the cockpit was enough for me.

A historically accurate reproduction of the Wright Model B, built by the Wright Experience, is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Premier Performer

For their first airshows, the Wright exhibition team relied on the Model B.

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It's Show Time

Download our 2008 Airshow Guide.

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In Plane View

A new collection of abstract photos goes on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

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The Third One Stayed Up

Fifty years ago today, Project Vanguard finallly scored a victory.

A nostalgic tour across the American Midwest.

Classic Stinson

With a choice of several models, it was one one of the most popular prewar airplanes.

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Meet Dextre

Canada's agile robot heads for the space station.

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Tribute

The USAF Thunderbirds pay a visit to NASA's space shuttle Endeavour on the launch pad.

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Go for Launch

The International Space Station gets ready for visitors.

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Cover Up

The National Air and Space Museum wraps some of its most famous flyers for safety.

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Martian Avalanche

A sharp camera captures landslides in progress on a distant planet.

Captain Donald S. Lopez, jet pilot with the Far East Air Forces 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing in Korea, watches his Lockheed F-86 "Sabre" in the final stages of refueling and rearming in December 1950.

Don Lopez (1923-2008)

World War II ace, test pilot, engineer, historian, Deputy Director of the National Air and Space Museum—in his 84 years this legendary aviator did it all.

“After every 100 hours of flight time we’d have a post-flight inspection that would take five days to complete,” says former crew chief Bob DeVore.

I Remember Connie

A tribute to the National Air and Space Museum’s Super Constellation, by those who flew it.

Steve Fossett at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in 2006.

Steve Fossett (1944-2007)

His adventurous spirit was a throwback to aviation’s Golden Age.

A row of 737-800s at Boeing Field in Seattle.

What determines an airplane’s lifespan?

Some keep flying for decades, while others end up on the scrap heap

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Satellite Smashers

Space-faring nations: Clean up low Earth orbit or you're grounded.

When the twin-engine America proved underpowered, Curtiss added a third engine. It worked on Keuka Lake, but fuel consumption proved too high for an Atlantic crossing.

America the Cruisable

The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.

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