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May 2015

Features

To learn to shoot from a bomber, World War II airmen went to the movies.

David Sears

How Roosevelt’s fireside chat changed American culture.

When the beaches were won, P-47 Thunderbolts were ready to take the air war to the ground.

Fighter pilots, crew chiefs, bombardiers, and factory workers: All had tales to tell.

Over the Atlantic in 1943, it was a battle of the bombers.

Rich Tuttle

The greatest tank battle in history might have ended differently had it not been for the action in the air.

Ralph Wetterhan

The biggest war in human history inspired hundreds of movies. One of them had to be the best.

Soundings

Chris J. Bahnsen

Interview

Kepler’s mission team is rewarded for ushering in the Era of the Exoplanet with the 2015 NASM Trophy.

Technically Speaking

If Reusable Launch Vehicles become a reality, it won’t be thanks to NASA.

Above & Beyond

Charles O'Dale

Oldies and Oddities

William Mellberg

In the Museum

Tom Jones