The city of Roswell, New Mexico is kind of in the middle of nowhere. Out in the desert west of Texas, this small oasis in the dessert was first home to indigenous peoples, then cowboys, ranching and farming and then the military before becoming the crash site of a possible UFO in 1947.

Amanda Lee is the first woman to fly jet formations as a Blue Angel.

The history of how flying boats opened up travel destinations around the world then they went to war.

The mystery surrounding the shoot-down of Melitta von Stauffenberg aircraft over the skies of Germany has finally been solved.

Pulling back the curtain on artifacts in storage. For this issue, we feature the Boeing X-45A UAV.

What's new in Aviation and Space

A message from the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the National Air and Space Museum.

An F/A-18C with a distinguished combat history makes a late-life career change.

A preview of the U.S. National Science Foundation Discovering Our Universe gallery.

Using some of the world’s largest radio telescopes to scan the stars for signals astronomers have been listening for signs of extraterrestrial life.