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June/July 2019
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Astronaut to Astronaut
A shuttle astronaut asks two Apollo veterans: what was it like?
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Why the Soviets Lost
Even with a late start, cosmonauts might still have made the first lunar landing. But by the end of 1968, it was game over.
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My Other Ride Is a Spaceship
How the Corvette became the car of astronauts.
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Today’s Mission: Normandy
On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, C-47s return to honor those who crossed the Channel.
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Thinking Outside the Black Box
New technologies may offer alternatives to today's flight recorders.
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We Have You Covered
Iridium satellites launch a new era of global tracking.
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Keepers of the Lost Wreck
Amateur crash site investigation is more than a hobby. It's an ideology.
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Fabulist of the Air
The first American woman to fly achieved many distinctions...but not as many as she said.
Departments
From Seaplanes to ePlanes
A Canadian company is converting its aircraft into an all-electric fleet.
Turning Over a New Leaf
Engineers explore a possible new energy source for planetary rovers.
Drones Gone Wild
David Dunn, a British academic, has spent the past five years researching how drones can create mayhem.
This D-Day Veteran Earned Its Stripes
Museum conservators work to preserve historic markings on the B-26 Flak-Bait.
On Patrol at the World's Biggest Fly-In
This is the city. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I work here. I wear an orange vest.
Crash in the Canary Islands
A new book explains how a series of misunderstandings by aviation professionals led to catastrophe.