Air & Space Magazine

Working on jets in the middle of the Pacific.

Maintenance At Sea

Working on jets in the middle of the Pacific.

Part of the Dreamliner, on display at the Cooper-Hewitt.

A Window on 787 Design

Part of the Dreamliner, on display at the Cooper-Hewitt.

A 400-year-old artifact will fly on the next space shuttle.

From Jamestown to Space

A 400-year-old artifact will fly on the next space shuttle.

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Infrared Saturn

A play of light and shadow on the ringed planet.

A WWI legend flies again.

de Havilland DH-4

A WWI legend flies again.

China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei (left) got a visit in September 2006 from Leroy Chiao, the first astronaut of Chinese descent to walk in space.

Inside Shenzhou Central

A rare visit to China's astronaut training center.

One of the Zenith's most distinctive features is the large cabin in front of the pilot, which holds a table and four seats.

Restoration

"That Big Biplane" | 1929 Zenith Z6A

In March 1945, Colonel Benjamin O. Davis was commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces 332nd Fighter Group (better known as the Tuskegee airmen) in Italy. Pilots of the 332nd flew North American P-51 Mustangs as fighter escorts for Allied bombers. After the war, Davis would become the first black general in the U.S. Air Force.

A Quarter Century of "Black Wings"

A talk with the curator of the National Air and Space Museum's soon-to-be-updated exhibit on African-Americans in aviation.

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Mars Needs Heroes

When it comes to Martian studies, Mike Carr wrote the book.

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The Astronaut Farmer: A Talk With the Filmmakers

This throwback to the space program's past highlights the power of dreams.

Marlon Green in the cockpit of one of Continental's Boeing 707s.

Aviation's Jackie Robinson

It took a Supreme Court decision, but in 1963 Marlon Green finally broke into the majors.

Space station astronauts photographed the glowing thrusters of a Progress spacecraft during a 14-minute firing that raised the space station's orbit by almost two miles.

How does the International Space Station dodge space junk?

The 200-ton orbiting behemoth can get out of harm's way, but not very quickly.

Airline pilot Mark Watt flies Steve Craig's Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat at an airshow in 2005.

Proud Owner of the Last Flying Wildcat

How Steve Craig keeps his Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat in working order.

At the Sun 'n Fun airshow in Lakeland, Florida, Cessna salesman Bruce Keller taps out a siren song to potential buyers.

Life of a Salesman

Guys who sell airplanes don't always make the deal, but they always have the funniest stories to tell.

Northrop Flying Wing

And Then There Was One

Ten airplanes that are the last still flying.

A tour of Eighth Air Force history wouldn't be complete without a visit to Duxford, which has an operational control tower and Sally B, a still-flying B-17.

In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth

A writer searches southern England for traces of a legendary World War II air force.

Mark Edwards in a turbine Air Tractor

That Old-Time Profession

The airplanes are faster and the power lines more plentiful, but cropdusters fly today just as they did in the 1920s.

Commercial airliners parked in Marana, Arizona, are stripped of their parts, some of which will be turned into other products.

We Recycle

Used airplane parts can appear in the strangest places.

China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei (left) got a visit last September from Leroy Chiao, the first astronaut of Chinese descent to walk in space.

Great Hero Yang

In 2003, China's first astronaut stepped out of his space capsule and into the limelight.

Astronauts attach the Port 1 truss to the International Space Station in 2002.

How Things Work

Space Station Truss

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