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Military Aviation
Thuds, the Ridge, and 100 Missions North
How the Republic F-105 got good at a mission it was not designed to fly.
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Space Exploration
A Smashing Success
How the Ranger probes’ moon crashes helped pave the way for Apollo.
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History of Flight
Woe Canada
The only thing that kept Canada from beating the U.S. to a jet airliner was Canada.
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History of Flight
Above & Beyond: Shooting Up a Shooting Star
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March 2009
Photo Essay
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Cities From the Sky
Sherman Fairchild, the photographer who transformed aviation
Air & Space Interview
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Georgy Mosolov
A top Soviet-era test pilot talks about his favorite MiGs and his friend Yuri Gagarin.
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What determines an airplane’s lifespan?
Some keep flying for decades, while others end up on the scrap heap.
New Worlds
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Confidence Booster
This little known Apollo artifact caused astronauts to rest a little easier.
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WWII: A Reader's Guide to the Air War
Our pick of the best books and memoirs on World War II aviation.
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Airmail Odyssey: 1918-2008
In September 2008, three historic mailplanes marked the anniversary of U.S. airmail by tracing the original coast-to-coast route.
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Cities at Night: An Astronaut’s View
Urban nightscapes are among the most beautiful sights in orbit.
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