Air & Space Magazine

A NASA sensor maps the worldwide distribution of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Global Carbon Dioxide

A NASA sensor maps the worldwide distribution of CO2 in the atmosphere.

An F/A-18 in flight over Switzerland.

Alpine Flight

An F/A-18 in flight over Switzerland.

A trio of A-10s heads for a new home in Arkansas.

A Line of Thunderbolts

A trio of A-10s heads for a new home in Arkansas.

The Tuskegee Airmen's new Congressional Gold Medal goes on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Pure Gold

The Tuskegee Airmen's new Congressional Gold Medal goes on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

If astronomers are right, Eta Carinae may be ready to blow.

Keep an Eye on This One

If astronomers are right, Eta Carinae may be ready to blow.

A view of Jupiter's moon wins the people's choice award.

Europa Rising

A view of Jupiter's moon wins the people's choice award.

Schirra during his Apollo 7 flight in October 1968.

Wally Schirra, 1923-2007

One of the original seven astronauts, he was the only one to fly all three NASA spacecraft in the 1960s.

Cellular phone ads and towers in Tanzania speak to the growing demand for information technology in Africa, which many feel only satellites can supply.

A Satellite For (and From) Africa

A new Nigerian comsat targets the continent's smaller users.

Schirra during his Apollo 7 flight in October 1968.

Wally Schirra, 1923-2007

He was known as a joker, but when it came to engineering he was all business.

A group of astronauts and flight controllers monitor the action in Mission Control during the Apollo 13 mission.

Did Ron Howard Exaggerate the Reentry Scene in <i>Apollo 13</i>?

A little bit, maybe, but not much

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking's Excellent Adventure

A talk with the celebrated physicist and author on the eve of his zero-g flight.

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Above & Beyond: Milk Run

How a milk run from an aircraft carrier nearly killed me

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An Automobile Company Designing Airplanes

Michimasa Fujino, the president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company.

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VIDEO: Red Bull's Amazing Aerobatic Helicopter

Master pilot Chuck Aaron takes some wild rides on the airshow circuit.

In the 1930s, a group of air-minded Oregonians started one of the first homebuilding clubs. Here, the pilots and builders banded together against a new threat: federal regulation.

The Resistance

A hub of creativity for early airplane builders: North Carolina? Ohio? Nope—Oregon. And these Oregonians had an independent streak.

Bob Englar revived the Custer Channel Wing for wind tunnel experiments directing airflow.

That Extra Little Lift

Willard Custer's Channel Wing looked like a mistake. Turns out his critics were the ones who were wrong.

Overhead lights at a factory in Santa Monica, California, are reflected in row upon row of Plexiglas noses destined for Douglas A-20 attack bombers.

300,000 Airplanes

Individual effort and mass production are equally represented in a new book celebrating World War II aircraft factories.

The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds fly in formation in front of a passing storm in 2015.

The Moose Jaw Nine

What the Canadian Snowbirds have that the Navy's Blue Angels don't.

Launch of a Ground-Based Interceptor from Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2013.

Can We Stop a Nuke?

From the impossible dream of a space-based shield, missile defense has come down to Earth. But will it work?

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In the Museum: Model Employee

In the Museum: Model Employee

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