Air and Space Smithsonian Magazine

Magazine Details

Category: Aviation

Number of Pages: 86
Language: English
Date of Issue: February - March 2020

About Air and Space Smithsonian Magazine

Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine has been delighting aerospace enthusiasts with the best writing about their favorite subject since April 1986. The bimonthly magazine emphasizes the human stories behind the hardware and has established a track record of getting its readers into those places of the aerospace industry marked "authorized personnel only."

As an adjunct of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Air & Space magazine matches the grand scope of the Museum, encompassing every era of aviation and space exploration, and publishes extensively about the Museum collection. With stories that range from the German airmen whose unlucky task it was to crew World War I zeppelins to the design of NASA's next lunar lander, Air & Space seeks to surprise its audience with a wealth of detail about aviation and spaceflight.


Features:

To Build a Monster Rocket
Facing immense challenges, NASA bulls ahead with the Space Launch System.
By James R. Chiles

Omaha to Salt Lake City Without GPS
When he got lost, the author sought guidance from early airmail pilots.
By William E. Dubois

Big Dig for a Buzz Bomb
Two amateur archaeologists scour the English countryside for remnants of Hitler’s vengeance weapons.
By Tom Metcalfe

Last of the Long-Distance Escorts
The Twin Mustang has evaded restorers…until now.
By Leigh Giangreco

The Year of UFOs
In 2019, our eyes were on the skies.
By Greg Eghigian

Land Right Here
The science team on NASA’s next Mars mission knows exactly where to go.
By Kara Platoni

Adventures Above the Oil Fields
In the 1930s Middle East, pilots faced long distances, primitive airfields, sandstorms, breakdowns, and a hostile population.
By Michael Quentin Morton

Departments
Viewport
A “Field” Day for Planetary Geology
From the Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
By Ellen Stofan

Up to Speed
Her Majesty’s Jet Suit
A former Royal Marines reservist has transformed himself into a real-life Iron Man.
By Mark Strauss

Up to Speed
K-9 Flight School
By Mark Strauss

Up to Speed
Drivers Get Help From Above
A NASA spacecraft helps Air Force drivers avoid messy, and possibly dangerous, delays.
By Mark Strauss

Up to Speed
Titan Unveiled
By Mark Strauss

Interview
Mike Eilts
A former storm chaser, Eilts is a senior vice president at DTN, a company that helps commercial airline pilots avoid turbulence.
By Diane Tedeschi

At the Museum
Tiny Rover, Big Impact
A new artifact for the future of spaceflight
By Rebecca Maksel


I Was There
Space Junk
In orbit, taking out the trash is no minor chore.
By Mike Engle


Interview
The People Who Made Hubble Great
A spacewalking pioneer reports on the behind-the-scenes work that enabled the Hubble Space Telescope to wow the world.
By Diane Tedeschi


One More Thing
Bücker Bü-133C Jungmeister
Flown by champions, it was the aerobatic showstopper of the 1930s and ’40s.
By Chris Klimek

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