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Two large jet engine tail ends of a plane, treated with a blue/yellow wash.

Summer 2025
Farewell to a Legend

Virtual Magazine

A large twin-engine military jet practices refueling maneuvers with another jet.

A large, clear, rectangle-shape display case is filled with numerous artifacts, including space-theme games, toys, T-shirts, and license plates. In front of the case is a panel printed with captions, including this question: Why go to space? Digital renderings of a woman, child, and man are seen looking at and pointing to the display case.

Futures in Space

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A photo montage shows a historical black-and-white astronomical photographic plate from 1923 showing the spiral-armed Andromeda Galaxy (M31) superimposed with portraits of two male astronomers.

How Big is the Universe?

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Photographed against a dark blue background is a studio image of a set of cream-colored ceramic dishware bearing a pattern of star-shapes in blue, yellow, and green. There are several pieces, including a platter, a gravy boat with a ladle, a creamer and sugar bowl, a teacup and saucer, and one place setting: dinner and salad plates, and a soup bowl.

This Space Age Tableware is Now a Museum Collectible

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A close-up, head-on view of the nose and cockpit section of a gray U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft parked in an aircraft boneyard, with mountains in the distant background.

Air Crews Remember the Reliable KC-10 with Affection

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A black-and-white historical photograph from circa 1931 shows Albert Einstein with Edwin Hubble and other astronomers standing on a walkway in front of the large dome of the Mount Wilson Observatory.

Who is the Man That Discovered the Universe?

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A white man in his early 50s is wearing a dark gray suit with a blue shirt and tie. His hands are clasped in front of him. He is standing inside a museum display hangar with several types of military airplanes parked behind him.

How a Military Veteran Became a Museum Professional

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A cover of a magazine shows people in the 1920s in dresses and suits standing under an airplane with three propellers. There are suitcases at their feet. The photo has been colorized in a way that signals its old. A text overlay over the top reads "Air & Space Quarterly" and "Carrying a Nation's Dreams."

A magazine cover showing a shiny airplane with the text "Hughes' Muse" evident.

A magazine cover showing a large airplane in the air, with the text "Farewell to a Legned" over top.

The cover of Air & Space Quarterly shows a historic biplane flying over a forest, it's propellor spinning rapidly in a blur.

A magazine cover with a large white plane on it and stardust background.

The cover of Air & Space Quarterly magazine with the text "The Salvage Debate" over an image of a submerged aircraft and a diver behind it.

A cover of Air & Space Quarterly magazine, featuring the Blue Angels and the text "Dancing on Air."

Two balloons light up against the dawn sky. Text reads "Up, up, and away".

"Last Call Chance at Reno" plane landing with mountains in the back.

A airship flys through the clouds.

Cover of Air and Space Quarterly Summer 2023 Issue

Pilot silhouetted in front of fighter jet.

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