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An irregular, potato-shaped moon is in the foreground. In the background, the curvature of a red planet (Mars) is visible, featuring a massive shield volcano.

December 10, 2025

Can a Japanese Spacecraft Unlock the Mystery of Mars' Twin Moons?

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

For the first time, a spacecraft will explore the Mars moons, Phobos and Deimos. 

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A grainy, green-tinted, circular view through a night vision scope shows a helicopter flying over a dark landscape at night.

September 17, 2025

After a Tragedy in 2002, Special Forces Soldiers Learned That Armed Drones Are a Combat Necessity

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

How the war in Afghanistan transformed both the MQ-1 Predator and the Night Stalkers from supporting roles to leading actors in 21st-century warfare. 

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A photo collage consists of three black-and-white images taken in World War II: an airplane flying at high altitude, a man sitting inside the cabin of a bomber, and a large-dish ground radar.

September 16, 2025

Fred Whipple Figured Out How to Hide Airplanes From Enemy Radar

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

During World War II, astronomer Fred Whipple was central to the invention of radar-jamming chaff at Harvard University’s Radio Research Laboratory.

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Two soda cans are suspended against a dark background. One can, with a red, white, and blue Pepsi logo, has a white plastic cap. The other can has a red and white Coke logo.

September 14, 2025

The World is Still Waiting for the Great Space Cola

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

In the 1980s, the Cola Wars between Coca-Cola and Pepsi got so intense, they even launched their rivalry into outer space.

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A photo illustration of a three-quarter view of a sliver aircraft with blue wings with blueprint in the background.

September 12, 2025

The Quest to Replicate the Splendor of the H-1 Racer

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

For over a decade now, volunteers at the San Diego Air & Space Museum have been building a reproduction of Howard Hughes’ H-1 Racer, also known as the Hughes 1B. 

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A short, barrel-shape white robot has a silver, dome-shape head and two long arms.

July 31, 2025

Space: A Place for Robots

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The majority of what has been accomplished in space has been carried out by uncrewed robotic craft. 

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Four square solar panels constructed of aluminum frames and composite solar collectors, attached to a central body via aluminum struts. The Central bus consists of a variety of solid boxes and stalks with panels and other objects projecting from it. A tubular mast at the apex of the frame supports a rectangular a circular high gain antenna. A selection of instrument boxes, vernier rockets and their fuel containers, and the TV camera are attached to the frame.

July 15, 2025

Mapping the Moon with the Lunar Orbiter

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Five Lunar Orbiter missions photographed both the near and far sides of the Moon in 1966 and 1967 to prepare for the Apollo landings.

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July 09, 2025

AirSpace Revisited: Dancing on the Ceiling

Story | AirSpace Podcast

Before more Museum galleries open, we're revisiting how we hang really, really big, priceless artifacts from the ceiling in the museum.

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Profile view of SpaceShipOne against black background.

July 02, 2025

Who Gets to Send People (and Spacecraft) to Space?

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However, every historic milestone was once highly debated. Many of these debates continue today.

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A travel poster that reads "Relax on Kepler-16b, the land of two suns, where your shadow always has company." The image shows a humanoid figure on a rocky surface under two bright orbs.

July 01, 2025

Could We Live on Other Planets in the Future?

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Could humans one day live on other planets? Many efforts are underway to answer that question.

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