In this Air and Space Quarterly exclusive, five U.S. Navy pilots who became the first American women to fly in combat tell their stories.
outlets at the time but has largely been forgotten—and the names of the women have
A duck in a hot air balloon. A cat in an airship. A lion cub in an airplane. Stories of animals in flight.
Our animal companions have been up in human created aircraft even longer that we
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the Huey, remains a powerful symbol of the Vietnam War.
with this object had triggered memories in ways simple reminiscing never could have
We report the stories of those who’ve pursued unconventional careers in aerospace.
I have worked in and around aviation my entire career.
Astronomer Phil Plait recently published Under Alien Skies. We caught up with him in this interview.
Do you have a favorite Hubble image? Yes. No! I mean, I have a lot.
An interview with Patrick Leonini, the supervisor of photography at the National Air and Space Museum.
When 9/11 happened, Patrick Leonini was in the National Guard, and he could have
100 years ago Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to earn her pilot’s license. In part because she was a woman, and especially a woman of color, Bessie had to travel all the way to Europe to get her flight training. Today on AirSpace, we’re looking back on Bessie’s experiences in France and Germany in the 1920s and exploring just how far she went to earn her historic license (and inspire generations of pilots along the way).
He wanted to live on the reservation there, because he would have more rights because
It’s been nearly 50 years (!) since humans last walked on the Moon. But NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions will soon return astronauts to the lunar surface.
Revisited: Sisters of the Moon Jun 21, 2023 We’re gearing up for Season 8 and we have
Vigorous export sales and overseas licensed production have ensured that F100 engines
Unusual careers in the aviation and space with behind-the-scenes jobs at the National Air and Space Museum.
evolve, those career paths likewise branch and grow—often in ways we couldn’t have
