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Commander William B. Ecker wore this US Navy flight suit during a reconnaissance flight over Cuba in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Studio photography of flight suit against black background.

September 21, 2022

Missile Crisis Wear

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

On a daring flight over Cuba in October 1962, Commander William Ecker (he retired from the Navy as a captain) wore this pair of cotton coveralls manufactured by the Lion Uniform Company in Dayton, Ohio (size 38 long). 

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A digital art rendering of the Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air gallery, which will feature fighter aircraft, as well as stories of workers from all walks of life.

September 21, 2022

World War II in the Air

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The new gallery seeks to better frame the story of World War II around the idea that aviation was central to victory, and the exhibition will highlight key areas of wartime aeronautical innovation that changed the nature and experience of warfare. 

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Collins piloting space shuttle Discovery

September 21, 2022

Role Model

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Eileen M. Collins, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, was the first woman to be the pilot on a NASA space shuttle flight. She recently spoke with Air & Space Quarterly senior editor Diane Tedeschi.

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Portrait of CEPS planetary scientist Bruce Campbell, NASM Center for Earth and Planetary Study, in the new “Exploring the Planets” gallery at the Smithsonian Air and at Space Museum in Washington, DC.

September 21, 2022

The Planet Detective

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Bruce Campbell is a senior scientist at the National Air and Space Museum’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, where he studies the surface and subsurface geology of the moon, Mars, Venus, and the icy moons of the outer planets. 

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Black and white image of Mercury Mission Control Center during the first orbit of John Glenn's Friendship 7 mission

September 21, 2022

Who is Houston?

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If you've heard the famous line "Houston, we've had a problem," you may be wondering: just who exactly is Houston?

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A spiral galaxy, with distinctive lines that look like the spokes of a giant wheel in space, sits some 500 million light years away from Earth.

September 21, 2022

Up to Speed

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

What's new in aviation and space.

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Desert formations looking like ploughed fields stretch for miles in the heart of the Australian Outback.

September 21, 2022

Drones at Dead Heart

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Linear dunes—desert formations stretching miles in length, which account for 40 percent of the dunes on Earth. UAVs are revolutionizing scientists ability to conduct fieldwork. They can collect high-resolution, high-fidelity data to analyze the nature of a variety of features. 

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Woman in a light blue NASA flight suit floats weightlessly in front of the white lockered walls of the Space Shuttle.

September 17, 2022

Kathryn D. Sullivan: From Outer Space to Under the Sea

Story | From the Archives

Beyond Kathryn D. Sullivan's years as an astronaut, she ventured into many other fields of work and study. Sullivan is a trained scientist with a Ph.D. in geology, who has conducted extensive oceanographic research on the floors of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. She has also served in the U.S. Naval Reserve (USNR) and as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator.

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A painting depicting one biplane with German markings on fire, losing altitude, with two ejected figures falling. A biplane with red, white, and blue fin flash flies past.

September 09, 2022

The Military Gets Its Wings

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Today we cannot imagine war without the airplane, but there was a time when the airplane's military potential was not yet apparent.

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Rudolph Dirks Painting

September 09, 2022

The Roar of the Crowd

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The first air races, meets, and flight exhibitions kicked off a wave of public enthusiasm for aviation that circled the globe.

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