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Air & Space Magazine

Paris Air Show 2013

Photos from Le Bourget’s 50th extravaganza.

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B-29 “Bockscar”

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Apollo Command Module

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1928 Boeing Model 40C

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Hamilton H-47

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British Pre-Carrier

An early aviation photo shows one of the first airplanes launched from a British ship.

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Rare WWII Bomber Raised from English Channel

After more than 70 years, a Dornier 17 is on dry land again

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Logan Window Rattling

A Delta airliner passes over East Boston.

Solar Impulse over San Francisco. What it lacks in speed, it gains in energy-efficiency.

Solar Impulse Crosses America

Who needs fuel when the sun can keep you aloft?

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The Moon’s Antipodal Magnetism Mystery

A magnetic anomaly near the Moon’s north pole may be related to an impact basin near its south pole. How can this happen?

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Desert Training

Marines run for it in New Mexico.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10

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The Squeeze

Aviation capacity may look like it’s growing, but really, it’s just getting sliced thinner

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Grover Rover

This robot will be studying our own planet.

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50 Years After Tereshkova

Russia’s first woman cosmonaut, and its next

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Beach Barnstormers

A brave—or crazy—stuntman climbs from his moving car onto the wing of an airplane in 1921.

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Last Flight for WaveRider

The experimental scramjet’s last flight was a successful one.

The Flight of Shenzhou-10

China’s final mission to the Tiangong-1 space station

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Barbara Begins the Season

May’s Category 1 hurricane was the first of the 2013 season.

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Refueling at Normandy

Some Skytrains head back to base.

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