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Stories from Chris Klimek

The Museum’s M-1 was a two-seat Sperry Sport Plane when donated, but the Smithsonian converted it to the M-1 configuration that was used to dock with an airship, installing a skyhook and painting it in the livery of Sperry Aircraft No. 22.

The Tiny M-1 Messenger Was Designed to Replace Motorbikes on the Battlefront

Say hello to my little friend.

Lloyd Bridges and Robert Stack as an air-traffic controller and an airline captain who must talk a jittery pilot through a risky landing. With faces like these, no one is kidding around.

Forty Years Ago, Airplane! Created a New Species of Comedy

Frequently imitated but never surpassed, this seriously funny disaster flick made a mockery of itself.

Co-creator and star Steve Carell and a cast of comedic ringers can't cover up the clunky writing and uneven tone of "Space Force."

Steve Carell’s Netflix Comedy Series Space Force Should’ve Waited For More Favorable Launch Conditions

Carell and The Office creator Greg Daniels reunite for a satire that hasn’t yet reached orbit.

John and Annie Glenn with President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

A Prize-Winning Song Written by Two Utah High Schoolers Celebrates the Enduring Love of Annie and John Glenn

Annie Glenn died this week, two years after finalists in an NEA songwriting competition paid tribute to her and her astronaut husband.

NASA's Lindsay Aitchison says spacesuits have been given much-improved flexibility and durability over the decades, but as seen in the speculative future of "Ad Astra," they don't look much different than they did in the Gemini era.

With the New Movie Ad Astra, James Gray and Brad Pitt Offer a “Plausible” Vision of Late-21st Century Space Travel

Shuttle astronaut Garrett Reisman helped writer-director Gray make his space adventure authentic(ish).

In 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Spencer Tracy (at right) played Jimmy Doolittle, who led the April 1942 air raid.

What the Movies Taught Us About World War II

The biggest war in human history inspired hundreds of movies. One of them had to be the best.

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