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February/March 2021

Features

Digging on another planet is harder than it looks.

The National Air and Space Museum’s new look at lunar exploration.

Michael J. Neufeld

Alan Shepard’s two flights, a decade apart, spanned the most exciting era in space history.

Then as now, robots led the way.

In an era when software upgrades are critical, the Gripen strives to be the iPhone of aircraft.

Tom Chivers

Meet the people who are making sure it won’t.

And how NASA helped Star Trek stick around.

Glen E. Swanson

These monster aircraft were not born. They were bolted together from whatever lay at hand.

Viewport

From the Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

Up to Speed

Found in a search for asteroids, an old pal checks in on its way around the sun.

Up to Speed

Future technology

Up to Speed

A fleet of Air Taxis is coming to Central Florida by 2025.

Reviews & Previews

What it takes to sit in the hot seat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

One More Thing

A single-engine workhorse, the “Huey” became a symbol of the Vietnam War.