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Air & Space Magazine

Millions of visitors to the St. Louis Exposition were awed by the feats of aeronaut Roy Knabenshue (in New Jersey, fourth from left, in 1910, with Walter Brookins, in short-sleeve shirt, and Glenn Curtiss, wearing bicycle inner tube).

Two showmen, one dirigible, and the flight that changed aviation

Kings of the air.

The North American F-100F was the designated ride for Misty pilots.

The Misty Mystique

Over Vietnam, F-100 pilots flew fast and low. Later, they hit the heights.

The stars and wispy gases of the constellation Camelopardalis, in the northern sky, await Voyager 1, which in 40,000 years will be sailing through.

Into The Great Unknown

The Voyagers begin the first real star trek.

Each Voyager is providing new insights into a never-before-visited part of deep space.

More than 35 years into their mission, our farthest-flung spacecraft are not finished yet.

10 Billion Miles From Home

A laser shoots from the Keck observatory dome to act as a guide star.

Adaptive optics and lasers are giving ground-based telescopes better-than-Hubble views.

Laser guide stars.

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In the Zero-G Cockpit

As the pilot of a 727 that simulates weightlessness, John Benisch is always searching for that perfect parabola.

Satellite communications technicians conduct routine maintenance on a satellite dish at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.

Can the Pentagon Unbundle Its Behemoth Space Systems?

Support for “disaggregation” of military satellites is getting louder

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Not Cleared for Take-Off

A passenger waits out China’s smog problem.

Gladys Roy and Ivan Unger play tennis on the wing of a biplane in flight, 1925.

Tennis, Anyone?

When she wasn’t playing tennis on the wing of a biplane in flight, Gladys Roy was dancing the Charleston

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Fantastic Plastic

Dive bombers, fighters, and trainers, all hanging from a bedroom ceiling

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Through the Space Bubble

An astronaut plays around with microgravity.

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Geological mapping of another world

Thanks to geologic mapping, we understood the story of the Moon well before we actually went there

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The Experiment, Part One

Can an ordinary person take off and land an airplane on the first try, with only flight simulator experience? We put it to the test

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Under Scrutiny

Investigators zero in on the 787’s battery problems.

Charley Kohlhase’s Solar System

The images that awed Voyager’s mission designer

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Hazardous Mail

A simple scrap of paper reminds us of a time when delivering letters cross-country was risky business

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About Those Airliner Batteries

They’re not the same as the AAs from your hardware store, or even your car battery

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Throwing Light on Orion

A new image shows the dark dusty regions.

FDR inflight, with TWA pilot Otis Bryan.

The First Presidential Flight

Nowadays the U.S. President has his own airplane. But for Franklin Roosevelt in 1943, flying was still a big deal.

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Snow Hawk

An Army pilot prepares to take off in the snow. 

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