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Air & Space Magazine

An Orion-derived spacecraft approaches an asteroid, with Earth in the distant background.

The Million Mile Mission

A small band of believers urges NASA to take its next step—onto an asteroid.

Something smashed into Siberia 100 years ago today. Was it a piece of a comet?

Blast from the Past

Something smashed into Siberia 100 years ago today. Was it a piece of a comet?

NASA's Robonaut once lived on the space station, but was more of a research experiment than a crew member.

Will Robots Replace Astronauts?

Which way lies our future in space? A discussion.

A nostalgic tour across the American Midwest.

Barnstormers

A nostalgic tour across the American Midwest.

Remembering one of history's great humanitarian acts.

The Berlin Airlift

Remembering one of history’s great humanitarian acts.

The Phoenix Mars lander finds what it came looking for.

Now You See It…

The Phoenix Mars lander finds what it came looking for.

A new satellite to monitor changes in sea level.

Rising Waters

A new satellite to monitor changes in sea level.

None

When did the term “jet lag” come into use?

And has anybody found a cure?

The vertical variant of the Joint Strike Fighter takes off.

Plan B

The vertical variant of the Joint Strike Fighter takes off.

Astronaut Jim Irwin explores the Hadley landing site on July 31,1971.

Back to Hadley Rille

A Japanese camera spies a moonscape last explored by astronauts a generation ago.

Steve Truglia practices for his 120,000-foot jump with a shorter fall over the countryside north of London, wearing a flight suit and helmet worn by Russian fighter pilots for high altitude missions.

Super Jump

The race is on to be the next human meteor.

An abstract look at the world's fastest aircraft.

The Art of the X-15

An abstract look at the world’s fastest aircraft.

A Little Joe II during launch

Confidence Booster

This little known Apollo artifact caused astronauts to rest a little easier.

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Wants You.

Pilot For a Day

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Wants You.

NASA's latest orbiting telescope gets a big boost.

A Strapping Rocket

NASA’s latest orbiting telescope gets a big boost.

The space station's final pieces come together in orbit.

Truly Internatonal

The space station’s final pieces come together in orbit.

Hitting the Normandy beaches, 64 years ago today.

Remembering D-Day

Hitting the Normandy beaches, 64 years ago today.

A natural predator helps prevent bird strikes at an air base in Kyrgyzstan.

Fighting Falcon

A natural predator helps prevent bird strikes at an air base in Kyrgyzstan.

A reproduction Wright airplane makes its public debut on Memorial Day in Washington.

The Fort Myer Flyer

A reproduction Wright airplane makes its public debut on Memorial Day in Washington.

Jeff Stone (beside the plane) prepares to take his grandmother, Molly MacNeil Stone, for her first airplane ride in a Piper J-3 'Cub' in Nash, Texas in 1946.

It’s Never Too Late to Take That First Flight

My grandmother loved her first and only airplane ride.

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