Air & Space Magazine

Lockheed Martin's folding-wing model in a wind tunnel.

Shape Shifters

Shape-memory polymers and other technologies may create an airplane for all missions.

Before supercomputers, wind tunnels quantified performance. Reference measurements on this model are used to determine the cross-sectional area for tests of a modified F-8's supercritical wing.

Model Behavior

In the age of computer design, why do engineers still send airplane models to the wind tunnel?

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The World's Most Prolific Builder of Civilian Helicopters

Frank Robinson's dream has become a reality.

Aluminum Overcast.

Airplanes of the Eighth

Where to see B-17s and Mustangs for yourself.

Joe Tanner works outside the International Space Station during the STS-115 mission.

Tools of the (Astronaut) Trade

What you'll need to assemble your own space station

A close-up of Jupiter from a Pluto-bound spacecraft.

(Not So) Great Spot

A close-up of Jupiter from a Pluto-bound spacecraft.

A new Navy airship gets a send-off in 1931.

Launching a zeppelin

A new Navy airship gets a send-off in 1931.

On the way to a comet, a quick look at the Red Planet.

Rosetta Visits Mars

On the way to a comet, a quick look at the Red Planet.

Luxury at 30,000 feet.

Executive Suite

Luxury at 30,000 feet.

A rare sight on Saturn's largest moon

Crater on Titan

A rare sight on Saturn's largest moon

This 1/9th model of a C-17 actually flies.

Scale Model

This 1/9th model of a C-17 actually flies.

A Greek Air Force F-16 begins its evening run.

Call Sign "Perseus"

A Greek Air Force F-16 begins its evening run.

Jupiter as seen from the next planet out.

Martian Telescope

Jupiter as seen from the next planet out.

Testing the new airborne laser.

Laser Aloft

Testing the new airborne laser.

Rosetta eyes its next stop.

Mars and the Milky Way

Rosetta eyes its next stop.

Forty years ago, astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee lost their lives in the U.S. space program's first fatal accident.

Three Gallant Men

Forty years ago, astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee lost their lives in the U.S. space program's first fatal accident.

Testing a new kind of rocket.

Methane Blast

Testing a new kind of rocket.

A space station supply ship departs from Kazakhstan.

Cold Launch

A space station supply ship departs from Kazakhstan.

The F-35 makes its second test flight.

(Joint) Strike 2

The F-35 makes its second test flight.

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The Last Days of T.rex

Maybe an asteroid wasn't to blame after all.

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