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September 2020

Features

They said it couldn’t be done. But it was.

Happy 25th Birthday to one of the world’s most popular kitplanes.

Ken Scott

General Douglas MacArthur was a war hero—and an old soldier who knew how to put on a show.

The long battle between classic and cutting-edge.

Despite recruiting efforts, the number of women in airline cockpits has increased in the last decade by a dismal one percent.

NASA returns to Saturn’s largest moon with a rover that can fly.

The airplanes and artifacts that museum curators dream of finding.

Viewport

Of all the exotic worlds in our solar system, this one may be the most irresistible.

Up to Speed

A NASA-funded project will search for technosignatures that might indicate the presence of advanced alien cultures.

Up to Speed

Asian aircraft diplomacy

Up to Speed

The NASA spaceflight veteran talks about what happens to astronauts when they live in space for months.

I Was There

In Operation Desert Storm, the A-10 Warthog was primitive, but it got the job done.

John Marks, as told to David Kindy

At the Museum

Help the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum transcribe the William J. Powell collection.

One More Thing

This unique kitplane showed how versatile (and fun) an ultralight can be.

Reviews & Previews

Could extraterrestrial seas be strikingly similar to our own?