1968 Men of the Year: U.S. Astronauts
Apollo 8 astronauts Colonel Frank Borman, Captain James Lovell and Major William Anders are credited for the completing the first-ever around-the-moon flight Jan. 3, 1969
TIME 100: The Wright Brothers
A pair of self-taught engineers working in a bicycle shop, they made the world a forever smaller place
TIME 100: Charles Lindbergh
He was the century's first hero and unwittingly pioneered the age of mass-media celebrity
TIME 100: Juan Trippe
Though he made flying seem glamorous, Pan Am's founder really helped the rest of us get onboard
TIME 100: Robert Goddard
He launched the space age with a 10-ft. rocket in a New England cabbage field
The Sky's The Limit
Women execs have taken over top jobs at major airlines, helping them shift focus from hardware to customer service May 2, 2002
The Day the FAA Stopped the World
TIME's aviation correspondent Sally Donnelly dissects what happened in the air on Sept. 11, 2001 Sept. 14, 2001
Blue Skies
Is JetBlue the next great airline — or just a little too good to be true? July 30, 2001
Suspension of Disbelief
With her eye on the sky, Rosemary Laing sets human concerns against the limitlessness of space June 12, 2000
