Tony Reichhardt

Tony Reichhardt is a senior editor at Air & Space.

SpaceX took a step toward launcher reusability in December 2015 with the return of the Falcon 9 first stage to a landing site in Florida.

Bezos, Bigelow, Branson and Musk

Can billionaires save the space program?

The last Chinese space crew (Shenzhou-10) returned to Earth in June 2013. A new three-person crew will launch to a new space station this year.

China Picks Up the Pace

A second Chinese space station launches on a new rocket, and the schedule of moon landings accelerates.

Designing a grapple system for asteroids at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

To an Asteroid...or Not

Destination decisions in an election year.

The first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket fires its engine before landing back at Cape Canaveral, December 21, 2015.

SpaceX Takes a “Revolutionary” Step Toward Reusable Rockets

A Falcon 9 first stage makes a controlled landing 10 minutes after launch.

Breitling wingwalkers perform over the resort hotels on Dubai's Palm Islands.

Scenes from the World Air Games in Dubai

This year’s competition drew everything from model airplanes to balloons.

Curiosity's view of the Bagnold Dunes in late November (click here for full image).

Curiosity Set to Explore Martian Sand Dunes

The rover will tread carefully, in case it’s a trap.

Akatsuki took this infrared image of Venus on its unplanned flyby five years ago. Better pictures to come.

Akatsuki Gets a Second Chance at Venus

A Japanese probe makes good on its plan to orbit another planet.

John Newcomb (fourth from left) and other members of the Lunar Orbiter team watch the first Earthrise picture come in, August 1966.

The Man Who Named the Martian Day

A new memoir looks back at the early days of planetary exploration.

Besides visiting Mars through telepresence, explorers will be able to meet there virtually using software that overlays data onto real imagery, then displays the “mixed reality” holographically so it can be viewed with Microsoft’s HoloLens glasses.

Almost Like Being There

Telepresence and VR may be the smart way to explore the Martian surface—and the only way to go farther.

Kjell Lindgren corrals fruit into a bag onboard the station. At least oranges should be easy to find.

“That’s been missing for eight years!”

Lost and found in orbit.

“What’s that smell?” Padalka safely on the ground after his last Soyuz landing in 2012.

“I’m Telling You, It Doesn’t Fit”

Loading an overstuffed Soyuz capsule would try anyone’s patience.

From Dreamliner to….Starliner

Boeing pins a name on its new spaceship.

Watch This Cool Time-Lapse of a Soyuz Re-Parking in Orbit

A rare maneuver to make room for the next crew.

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Watch This Dramatic Time-Lapse of Typhoon Goni Bearing Down on Japan

A Japanese satellite catches a powerful storm in action.

The Bugatti Racer Finally Takes Flight

Almost 80 years after it was designed, the sleek 100p gets airborne.

Ride Along in a P-51 Mustang in This 360° Virtual Reality Video

The future meets World War II

Europe’s newest weather satellite, MSG-4, took this, its first image of Earth, yesterday.

As the Earth Turns

Live views of our planet, from satellites near and far.

NTSB investigators on the scene of the SpaceShipTwo crash last November.

SpaceShipTwo Crash Was Due to Pilot Error, and a Lapse in Safety Culture

The company running the suborbital vehicle’s test program failed to pay enough attention to the possibility of human error.

Artist's view of New Horizons flying past Pluto

Stowaways on New Horizons

Three not-so-official plaques made it all the way to Pluto.

Is that you, Pluto? Photo taken by Edward Barnard on November 11, 1909, with the suspected planet marked.

Are These 1909 Photos the Oldest Pictures of Pluto?

Maybe.

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