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Air & Space Magazine

The Phoenix lander (artist's conception) will use its robotic arm to dig into the Martian permafrost.

Northern Exposure

We’ve already seen water ice on Mars. NASA’s Phoenix lander will reach out and touch it.

On May 17, 1913, Cuban aviation pioneer Domingo Rosillo used a naval escort to make the Key West-to-Cuba trip in a French Morane-Sulnier.

Book Excerpt: “On Cuban Wings”

Chronicling the island’s rich aviation history

Airplanes, not automobiles, cruised the Malecon on parade day in 1953 to mark the 40th anniversary of Parla's historic flight.

The Country Where Nobody Flies

Did Cuba abandon its private pilots or did they abandon Cuba?

Pat McNerney flies the Kreider-Reisner as its 28th owner.

Popularity Contest

Which one of six past champions would have gotten your vote?

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Online Poll: The People’s Choice

Your chance to pick the “Best of the Best”.

The author’s father, Nikita Khrushchev, in 1959.

We Shocked the World

Nikita Khrushchev’s son recalls the night Sputnik made history.

Space titans: Yuri Gagarin with Russian rocket designer Sergei Korolev.

Russia’s Long Love Affair with Space

It started with Utopian dreams and rocketeers.

Inside a Douglas DC-6 passenger liner in the mid-1950s.

Clearing the (Cabin) Air

A new research program aims to answer the old question: Is the air in airplanes really unhealthy?

Even when scalawags shuffle airport letters, it's hard to miss the spot on the empty Nevada desert where the Burning Man arts festival happens.

Magic Airport

Watch the Burning Man revelers pull an airport out of the desert…then make it disappear.

William Holloman during his World War II flying days.

Tuskegee Memories

This World War II veteran loved flying all airplanes, but especially the Mustang.

INA the Macon Belle will roar through the skies over Columbus, Ohio, along with dozens of other Mustang beauties.

Calling All Mustangs

This September a super-size squadron of P-51s will relive the legend.

An airplane-dependent Colorado ranch profiled in a 1952 Look magazine article.

An Airplane in Every Barn

A once-thriving organization of rural pilots is struggling to survive.

Who's at fault when airplanes cross paths where they're not supposed to? Controllers, pilots, and even the Federal Aviation Administration share the blame.

Danger: Airplane Crossing

Controlling airplanes on the ground is a thornier problem than controlling them in the air.

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X-15: The Hollywood Version

Charles Bronson starred. The Pentagon had a few minor corrections.

The Lightning II helmet being developed for the F-35.

How do military aircraft helmets track where a pilot is looking?

Understanding advanced military gear.

Astronaut Jeff Williams presses up to the Earth-facing window inside the space station's Destiny laboratory in April 2006.

STS-118: The Inside Guide

What’s going on beside the spacewalks.

Putting away a ScanEagle after a flight over the Al Anbar Province of Iraq in August 2006.

Flocking ScanEagles

When it comes to operating UAVs, six heads aren’t better than one.

A memorable gathering at the Allen Airways Flying Museum.

Stearmans Welcome

A memorable gathering at the Allen Airways Flying Museum.

ESA's "Eurobot" goes for a dip.

Transformer

ESA’s “Eurobot” goes for a dip.

After more than 20 years, teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan is about to go into space.

Patience

After more than 20 years, teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan is about to go into space.

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