Virtual Collections

AIAA Virtual Collections bring together published articles from individual journals that focus on key themes and emerging topics in aerospace research. Each collection is managed by the journal’s editorial team and may be curated by Guest Editors who provide expert insight into current advancements and research priorities within the field. In some cases, Virtual Collections are also developed jointly between multiple journals to highlight interdisciplinary topics and collaborative research efforts.

2026

• Demonstration of Pyroshock Response Prediction Methods Using NASA ShockSat Data
  Editors: Vit Babuska
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Predicting Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition on Complex Geometries
  Editors: Meelan Choudhari, Stefan Hein, and Steven Schneider
  AIAA Journal

2025

• Selected Papers of 2024 G&N Graduate Student Paper Competition
  Editors: Soon-Jo Chung
  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

• Distributed Space Systems
  Editors: Mehran Mesbahi and Simone D'Amico
  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

• Selected Papers from the Second International Conference on Fluid, Thermal, and Energy Systems
  Editors: Greg F. Naterer, Sudev Das, Joseph I. Minnow, Sujith Kumar CS, and Vinod Kumar Sharma
  Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

• Applied Space Environments Conference 2023
  Editors: Insoo Jun, Linda Neergaard Parker, and Joseph I. Minow
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Best Papers from the US-Europe ATM R&D Seminar 2023
  Editors: Dirk Schaefer, Sameer Alam, and Joseph Post
  Journal of Air Transportation

• Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics
  Editors: Daniel Livescu, Aleksandra Pchalieva, and Alexander Wagner
  AIAA Journal

• Resilient and Smart Extraterrestrial Habitats
  Editors: Shirley J. Dyke, Mohsen Azimi, Arturo Montoya, Davide Ziviani, Ali Bazzi, and Bobby Braun
  AIAA Journal

• Boundary Layer Turbulence Flight Experiment (BOLT II)
  Editor: Russell M. Cummings
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Recent Advances in Australian Hypersonics
  Editors: Anand Veeraragavan and Russell M. Cummings
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Advancements in Machine Learning with Aerospace Applications
  Joint VC between Journal of Aerospace Information Systems and Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  Editors: Mohammad A. Ayoubi, Han-Lim Choi, Islam Hussein, and Hyondong Oh
  Journal of Aerospace Information Systems
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Space Launch System Aerosciences Virtual Collection
  Editors: Brent Pomeroy and Jeremy Pinier
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Mars 2020 and the Mars Entry Descent and Landing Instrumentation 2 Flight Reconstruction Virtual Collection
  Editors: Soumyo Dutta, Christopher Karlgaard, Todd White, and Karl Edquist
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

2024

• Quantum Information Science and Technology for Aerospace Research
  Editors: Grace Metcalfe, Tristan Nguyen, and Tom Shih
  AIAA Journal

• Advancement in Thermal Power Generation and Propulsion With Low/Zero CO₂ Emissions
  Editors: Dan Zhao and Tom I-P. Shih
  AIAA Journal

• Fourth AIAA High-Lift Prediction Workshop
  Editors: Carl Ollivier-Gooch and Elizabeth M. Lee-Rausch
  Journal of Aircraft

• Selected Papers from NATO AVT-338 Specialists Meeting on Advanced Wind Tunnel Boundary Simulation II
  Editors: Kerstin C. Huber, Marilyn J. Smith, and Elizabeth M. Lee-Rausch
  Journal of Aircraft

2023

• F. Landis Markley Memorial
  Editors: John L. Crassidis and J. Russell Carpenter
  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

• Advances in Aircraft System Identification from Flight Test Data
  Editors: Jared A. Grauer and Eugene A. Morelli
  Journal of Aircraft

• Directed Energy for Aerospace Applications
  Editors: Donald J. Wittich, Nicholas J. Morley, Steve Griffin, Bryan Kelchner, and Tom I-P. Shih
  AIAA Journal

• Best Papers from Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar 2021
  Editors: Dirk Schaefer, Sandy Lozito, Joseph Post, Craig R. Wanke, and Mark Hansen
  Journal of Air Transportation

• Systems Engineering's Top Space Challenges
  Editors: Jeffrey Newcamp, Michael Z. Miller, Alessandro Golkar, Wenjiong Gu, and Alejandro Salado
  Journal of Aerospace Information Systems

• Machine Learning in Aerospace
  Editors: Han-Lim Choi, Hyondong Oh, and Zachary Sunberg
  Journal of Aerospace Information Systems

• Applied Space Environments Conference 2021
  Editors: Joseph Minow, Insoo Jun, and Linda Parker
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

2022

• Innovative Methods, Instruments, and Materials for Planetary Entry
  Editors: James A. Cutts, Jacob Izraelevitz, and Karl T. Edquist
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

2021

• Mars InSight Entry, Descent, and Landing Flight Reconstruction
  Editors: Myron R. Grover, E. David Skulsky, and Russell M. Cummings
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Unsteady Aerodynamic Response of Rigid Wings in Large-Amplitude Gust Encounters
  Editors: Anya R. Jones, Oksan Cetiner, Kunihiko Taira, and Marilyn Smith
  AIAA Journal

• Autonomous Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Planetary Entry, Descent, and Landing
  Editors: John M. Carson III, Michelle M. Munk, Behçet Açıkmeşe, and Ping Lu
  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

• Best Papers from Air Traffic Management Seminar 2019
  Editors: Dirk Schaefer, Eric Neiderman, Mark Hansen, Sandy Lozito, and Craig R. Wanke
  Journal of Air Transportation

2020

• Modal Analysis of Fluid Flows
  Editors: Kunihiko Taira, Maziar S. Hemati, and Lawrence S. Ukeiley
  AIAA Journal

2019

• Flow Control
  Editors: David Greenblatt, Edward A. Whalen and Israel J. Wygnanski
  AIAA Journal

• Celebrating the Apollo 11 Anniversary: 50 Papers for 50 Years
  Editors: Hanspeter Schaub, Joseph M. Powers, and Craig A. Kluever

Other Past Collections

• Special Issue on Materials in a Space Environment
  Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

• Special Section on Space Domain Awareness
  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics