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# Air & Space Magazine

###               Top NASA Photos of All Time            

50 indelible images from the first 50 years of spaceflight

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###               The Final Flight of Extortion 17            

###               Black Shoes and Brown Shoes: Beyond the Flight Deck of an Aircraft Carrier            

###               The 727 That Vanished            

###               10 All-Time Great Pilots            

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### The Russian Jet That Fights for Both Sides

What Ukrainian air force pilots had to say about their aging Su-27s.

Updated: March 11, 2022Originally Published: October 2020

### Qantas Airways' Longest-Ever Commercial Flight

The flight odyssey went from Argentina to Australia.

December 2021

### U.S. Marines on a Japanese Carrier

The F-35B test represents the first landing on a Japanese carrier by a U.S. fixed-wing aircraft since World War II.

December 2021

### What the History of Early Flight Might Tell Us About the Future of Space Travel

The acting director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on the new 'Early Flight' gallery

December 2021

### Skyhawk Homecoming

Dad wanted to be impressed, and he paid dearly for the privilege.

December 2021

### Moon Crater Spudis

A lunar landmark gets a new name to honor a distinguished scientist.

December 2021

### The Patient Astronaut

Bruce McCandless waited almost two decades for his first space flight.

December 2021

### Marsliner

Elon Musk’s giant Starship will leave the world behind.

December 2021

### The Condors Quartet

Operation Lam Son 719 changed them. Then they waited for the world to catch up.

December 2021

### A New Gallery Celebrates the Pioneers of Flight

In flight’s first decade, the challenges—and the possibilities—were endless.

December 2021

### They Couldn’t Stop Amelia Earhart

The famous American’s attempt to fly around the world was nearly thwarted by British officialdom.

December 2021

### Defend the <i>Intrepid</i>

It survived two wars, but now it faces another grave threat: the environment of New York City.

December 2021

### The Next  Robots on the Moon

In the 1960s, the moon race was war. This time, it’s commerce.

December 2021

### Farewell to a Giant

Airbus struggled to invent the world’s biggest airliner. In the end, it wasn’t technology—it was timing—that killed the beast.  

December 2021

### The Ugliest Airplane: An Appreciation

The Transavia AirTruk ain’t pretty, but it had purpose.

December 2021

### The Air Taxi Arrives at the Smithsonian

The company that gave us the first supersonic airplane and the V-22 Osprey presents something new.

November 15, 2021

### The Best Vintage Airplanes of 2021 

This year’s winners at the National Aviation Heritage Invitational.

November 15, 2021

### Flying Colors

How they pick the paint scheme in your airplane, and other tricks of passenger cabin design.

November 15, 2021

### Best Children's Books of 2021

The top aviation- and space-themed books for kids.

November 11, 2021

### Black Shoes and Brown Shoes: Beyond the Flight Deck of an Aircraft Carrier

In a floating city of several thousand people, there’s a lot to do beside just flying airplanes.

November 10, 2021

National Air and Space Museum

A World War II Veteran Recalls the Adventure of Patrolling the Pacific Aboard Flying Boats

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Flying Boats Were Once the Luxury Liners of the Air

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Patience Is a Virtue for Astronomers Searching for Signs of Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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A New Museum Exhibit Gives a Grand Overview on the History of the Telescope

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Did the Nazis Kill German Test Pilot Melitta von Stauffenberg?

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Does a Fighter Pilot Have to Be Human?

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A Drone Named Elsie May Becomes a Museum Artifact

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              -  DNA Reveals Identity of Officer on the Lost Franklin Expedition—and His Remains Show Signs of Cannibalism 
              -  Meet Pesto, the Biggest Baby Penguin This Australian Aquarium Has Ever Seen 
              -  This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn't Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It 
              -  Four Places to Find Fossilized Shark Teeth in the United States 

### Photo of the day

A Sea Lion in Front of a Large School of Fish

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