Air & Space Magazine

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Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places

Weird space critters could be right beneath our planetary probes.

To test human responses to G forces, the Navy put subjects in a 10- by six-foot oblate steel sphere at the end of a 50-foot arm.

The G Machine

Riding an Atlas into space was a piece of cake compared to pulling 32 Gs on the Johnsville centrifuge.

Erik Hildebrandt

Guide to the Great

A performer searches the airshow circuit for this season's top acts.

"The AeroShell Aerobatic Team is an act not to miss. This formation team flies the venerable AT-6G Texan and is a perennial favorite on the airshow circuit. With skill, grace and coordination this is precision formation flying at its best. And who does't like watching big honking radial engines, belching clouds of smoke, whip the sky into submission? Photographically, the AeroShell Team fills your viewfinder with a little bit of history, a lot of energy and loads of color against a azure sky. Now go eat some smoke and take some pictures."

Airshows 2007: Photographer's Choice

Three pros pick their favorite acts to shoot.

Spaceport Singapore, envisioned by Space Adventures, Ltd., would cost $115 million. A Singapore-based consortium and the Crown Prince of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates are backing the venture.

Fields of Dreams

Will starry-eyed entrepreneurs transform today's wide-open spaces into tomorrow's spaceports?

Photos of scale model channel Wing aircraft were found in the National Air and Space Museum archives, with no caption information available. Volunteer Pete D'Anna, however, had seen them before—in the hands of legendary designer Willard Custer.

Lunch With Willard

How a meeting 50 years ago solved a photographic mystery.

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Concerto for Merlin and Double Wasp

John Altmann thinks airplane engines make beautiful music, and has sold thousands of CDs to prove it.

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Book Excerpt: "Snowbirds"

An ex-member of the Canadian team recalls his time on the tour.

Astronauts train for the next shuttle mission.

Practice Session

Astronauts train for the next shuttle mission.

The giant airliner made its first flight two years ago today.

Airbus A380

The giant airliner made its first flight two years ago today.

Two of Saturn's satellites, side by side.

Passing Moons

Two of Saturn's satellites, side by side.

Aviation photographers met in Pensacola, Florida last month for their annual get-together.

The Folks Who Take the Photos

Aviation photographers met in Pensacola, Florida last month for their annual get-together.

Testing a new, tough tether for satellites.

Satellite-on-a-Rope

Testing a new, tough tether for satellites.

The V-22 will enter combat service later this year.

Ospreys to Iraq

The V-22 will enter combat service later this year.

The grass may not always be greener in other solar systems.

Red Planet, or Maybe Yellow

The grass may not always be greener in other solar systems.

A pair of Hornet pilots hold a change of command ceremony in the sky.

High Ceremony

A pair of Hornet pilots hold a change of command ceremony in the sky.

An odd hexagonal feature in Saturn's clouds.

Six-Sided Storm

An odd hexagonal feature in Saturn's clouds.

The famed flyers are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen

The famed flyers are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

The next orbital tourist may be the most intriguing yet.

Charles in Space

The next orbital tourist may be the most intriguing yet.

The privately funded Falcon rocket gets a step closer to orbit.

95 Percent There

The privately funded Falcon rocket gets a step closer to orbit.

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