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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.

This 100-year-old Navy veteran flew PBYs in World War II.

During Bud Anderson's thirty-year career as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces and the U.S. Air Force that spanned World War II and the Cold War, he was a fighter pilot, a combat and operational commander, a test pilot, and the leader of flight test programs.

Just how accurate is the portrayal of lighter-than-air flight in the third season of Bridgerton? Ballooning curator Tom Paone provides historical context.