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Ben Iannotta

Ben became editor-in-chief of Aerospace America in 2013, after two decades as a contributor. He was editor of C4ISR Journal, a military intelligence magazine, and has written for Air & Space Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics and Space News.

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Karen Small

Karen has more than 30 years of experience editing articles for print and web. She joined Aerospace America in 2017 after working for almost two decades at the Military Times newsweeklies.

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Tom Risen

As our staff reporter, Tom covers breaking news and writes features. He has reported for U.S. News & World Report, Slate and Atlantic Media.

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Christine Williams

Christine is in charge of the magazine’s AIAA Bulletin section, a compendium of news and information about AIAA’s many initiatives and the important work of its 30,000 members in the United States and abroad. Christine became AIAA Bulletin editor in 2000.

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Keith Button

Keith has written for C4ISR Journal and Hedge Fund Alert, where he broke news of the 2007 Bear Stearns hedge fund blowup that kicked off the global credit crisis.

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Henry Canaday

A former energy economist, Henry has written for Air Transport World, Aviation Week and other aviation publications for more than two decades.

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Adam Hadhazy

Adam writes about astrophysics and technology. His work has appeared in Discover and New Scientist magazines.

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Tom Jones

Tom flew on four space shuttle missions, including his last flight, STS-98, in which he led three spacewalks to install the American Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station. Tom is a senior research scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.

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Michael Peck

Michael writes about defense and space technology. His work has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine, The National Interest and C4ISRNet magazine.

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Joe Stumpe

A freelance reporter based in Wichita, Kansas, Joe has written for The New York Times, Agence France-Presse and The Huffington Post.

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Debra Werner

A frequent contributor to Aerospace America, Debra is also a West Coast correspondent for Space News.

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Anatoly Zak

The publisher of RussianSpaceWeb.com, Anatoly has also written for Air & Space Smithsonian magazine.

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Sandra H. Magnus

Sandy is executive director of AIAA and a former astronaut. In 2002, Sandy operated the shuttle Atlantis robotic arm during an assembly mission to the International Space Station. In 2008, she rode Endeavour to the station for a four-and-a-half-month expedition. In 2011, she was loadmaster during the shuttle program’s final mission, STS-135. Sandy has a Ph.D. from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech, and worked at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co. before joining NASA.

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Rodger S. Williams

Rodger is AIAA’s managing director for strategic outreach. In addition to his deputy publisher role at Aerospace America, he oversees corporate communications and branding; marketing and promotion across all product lines; relationship management for AIAA’s industry partners and public policy. Rodger joined AIAA in 1993.