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Air & Space Magazine

During ground tests in a clean room last July, Mike Malin holds a color chart used to calibrate one of his Mars-bound cameras.

A Cameraman on Mars

If you really want to know the planet, flip through Mike Malin’s photo album.

As Nemesis rocketed past 400 mph, pilot Jon Sharp entered territory held by aircraft in the Unlimited and Jet classes.

Moments and Milestones: Giddyup 409

Giddyup 409

F-4s at Arizona’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the warplane retirement home.

Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?

How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for target practice

Red Whittaker with his namesake, Red Rover II. Hours after Google announced its Lunar X Prize, Whittaker threw his ’bot in the ring.

Red and The Robots

Red Whittaker’s rovers have already gone where no robot has gone before. Will one of them make it to the moon?

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Sightings

Sightings

The slower but more sophisticated HC-144A (top) is replacing the HU-25.

Then & Now: Less Haste, More Flying

Less Haste, More Flying

Flight simulation software enables pilots to view their aircraft from outside the cockpit — at any angle.

Welcome to Cyberairspace

Where you can fly from Chicago to Atlanta without leaving your living room

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A Brief History of Airline Passenger Seats

John H. Hill shares the aesthetic behind one of San Francisco Airport Museum’s exhibitions.

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Trek On

Spirit and Opportunity, back on the move.

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Weightless Workouts

A new fitness machine on the space station brings astronaut exercise into the 21st century

071113-N-3136P-027 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 13, 2007) An F/A-18C Hornet, from the “Dambusters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, launches from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during night flight operations. Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are participating in ANNUALEX19G, the maritime component of the U.S.-Japan exercise Keen Sword 08. The exercise is designed to increase interoperability between the U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces and increase their ability to effectively and mutually respond to a regional crisis situation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jimmy C. Pan (RELEASED)

Red Hornet

Working the nightshift, over water, in all weather.

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Flygirls

Another gutsy legacy from the Greatest Generation.

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Christmas Card

Don’t forget your friendly astronauts in orbit.

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Moon water – again

The question, “Is there water on the Moon?” is still with us.

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Fireproof

A heat shield’s simple beauty.

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Forty years ago, three men left for the Moon

Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 8 mission.

A B-2 Spirit bomber refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The bomber deployed as part of a rotation that has provided U.S. Pacific Command officials a continuous bomber presence in the Asia-Pacific region, enhancing regional security and the U.S. commitment to the Western Pacific. The B-2 is from the 509th Bomber Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo. The KC-135 is assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott AFB, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Val Gempis)

Stealthy Spirit

The B-2 turns 15 years old.

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Women Who Fly

Portraits of female pilots

Apollo 8 crew in training

To Boldly Go

Sending Apollo 8 to the moon was a risky mix of cold war politics, bravery, and the faith of one man, George Low, in his engineers.

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Snooping on the Wright Brothers

Five years later, reporters break the story.

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