Air & Space Magazine

It took on a comet in 2005. Now NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has a new job.

Round Two

It took on a comet in 2005. Now NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has a new job.

He and his brother invented aviation, 104 years ago today.

Why Is This Man Smiling?

He and his brother invented aviation, 104 years ago today.

One helicopter helps another in Iraq.

Black Hawk Down

One helicopter helps another in Iraq.

Even in the 1930s, it was offered on flights to avoid passengers' ears popping.

Gum, Anyone?

Even in the 1930s, it was offered on flights to avoid passengers' ears popping.

The STS-122 space shuttle mission is postponed until at least January 2.

On Hold

The STS-122 space shuttle mission is postponed until at least January 2.

The International Space Station is about to become more international with the addition of Europe's Columbus module.

A Lab for Europe

The International Space Station is about to become more international with the addition of Europe's Columbus module.

Russia announces plans for a new launch facility.

Competition for Baikonur

Russia announces plans for a new launch facility.

A scene from this year's Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In.

Wave Hello

A scene from this year's Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In.

This global map based on satellite data can tell you.

Where's It Raining?

This global map based on satellite data can tell you.

The only X-15 fatality was 40 years ago.

X-15 Crash Site, 1967

The only X-15 fatality was 40 years ago.

A comet-bound spacecraft swings past its home planet.

Crescent Earth

A comet-bound spacecraft swings past its home planet.

A reproduction of the 1914 Curtiss flying boat America takes to the water.

Taxi Time

A reproduction of the 1914 Curtiss flying boat America takes to the water.

Japan launches its most ambitious space mission ever.

High-Def Moon

An HDTV movie taken from lunar orbit.

Armadillo Aerospace fails to win NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge.

Bad Day on the Launch Pad

Armadillo Aerospace fails to win NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge.

Jay Barbree (left)and Gus Grissom around the time of the astronaut's Gemini 3 flight in 1965.

Before the Fire

Veteran space reporter Jay Barbree recalls Apollo's darkest day.

Laika’s Tale

Fifty years after her flight, a graphic novel recounts the saga of the first dog in orbit.

The Spirit rover may be smaller than the proposed Mars Science Laboratory, but at least it's on Mars.

Suggestion: Stop Improving

Why does every Mars mission have to be better than the last?

Inconel X, a ferociously strong nickel alloy, gives the X-15 its gun-metal black color. Inconel was chosen for the airplane's skin because it retained its strength up to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature the X-15 would routinely experience at high speeds.

Why We Miss the X-15

Not only was it the fastest. It may have been the best flight research program ever.

The B-17 Memphis Belle.

WWII: A Reader's Guide to the Air War

Our pick of the best books and memoirs on World War II aviation.

A mid-level solar flare.

What's the radiation risk from airline flying?

The higher you fly, the higher it gets

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