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The AirSpace logo is overlaid on a foggy background with a black smoky circle of an alien language.

January 08, 2026

Movie Mini: Arrival

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In this "movie mini," Matt and Emily discuss the sci-fi film Arrival (2016), based on Ted Chiang's novella Story of Your Life.

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The Upgraded J-3 Cub

October 30, 2025

Innovation and Perseverance through the Piper J-3 Cub 

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Learn about the development of the Piper J-3 "Cub" and its intersecting stories with workers who manufactured the planes and new pilots who used them during WWII. 

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A film poster of a woman superhero at the center and surrounded but other characters.

October 11, 2025

Boris Vallejo, the Artist Who Helped Us Imagine Star Wars,Star Trek, and So Much More

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Born in 1941 to parents from Chile and Spain, Boris Vallejo grew up in Lima, Peru, and went on become one of the stars of the science fiction and fantasy art world in Hollywood.

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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 helmet that appears as a full head motorcycle helmet, with a hard shell that covers the top of head and back of head, and a clear facemask that covers the face.

August 05, 2025

How Science Fiction Tests Out Different Futures in Space

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Science fiction not only imagines different futures in space, it's a place where debates play out about what the future of space should entail. 

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A woman in a pink sweater with amputated legs smiles while sitting on the wing of an airplane.

July 16, 2025

Three History-Making Aviators with Disabilities You'll Want to Know

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Americans with disabilities have made history flying almost since the airplane was invented.

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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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Various people, mostly young, doing different activities inside a large hangar. A space shuttle can be seen in the background and spacesuits are set up in the foreground.

June 30, 2025

Sleepaway Camp, But Make It Space

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Space Camp opened at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, in the summer of 1982, as a weeklong sleepaway camp.

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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.

June 24, 2025

This Space Age Tableware is Now a Museum Collectible

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Pulling back the curtain on artifacts in storage. 

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Three women pose for a photo. One sits in front while the two others flank her on either side. They are all wearing military uniforms.

June 04, 2025

Women's Unparalleled Contributions to Aviation During World War I

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Many are familiar with Rosie the Riveter. However, women also played an important role in World War I, especially in regard to aviation.

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