Editors' Picks
Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?
1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ?
The Spirit of Santa Monica
Between 1920 and 1975, Donald Douglas’ company—and a southern California city—helped shape aviation history.
Killer at 70,000 Feet
The occupational hazards of flying the U-2.
The Weird World of Folk Aviators
With his whimsical sculptures, Gregory Bryant celebrates early ideas about winged flight.
High Spy: The Amazing U-2
Still keeping watch after more than 50 years.
The Daily Planet Blog
This Ain’t No Shuttle Launch
Passing the baton at Cape Canaveral.
May 22, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Letters To Earth Blog
The Beast
Weightlifting in weightlessness is now my favorite oxymoron.
May 21, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
He Saved Navy Fliers from Spam
Long before Swanson's TV dinner, there was the Maxson Sky Plate.
May 17, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Letters To Earth Blog
What Makes a Mission Name?
If you want to know what crew I'm on, be prepared for a long conversation.
May 16, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Spinning a Dream
Forget the Boeing 787's fuel economy. It's all about the spinning cupholders.
May 16, 2012
| By Roger Mola
The Once and Future Moon Blog
The Flight of the Dragon
If things go according to plan Saturday, the world will witness SpaceX launch its first Dragon cargo supply mission to the International Space Station.
May 15, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
Letters To Earth Blog
My Address in Space
Maybe its time Space Station had its own zip code.
May 15, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Titanic’s Wireless Operators: The Original Texters
Text messaging, from 1912 to 2012.
May 14, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
On Air Blog
Raptor in the Doghouse
The Air Force's most sophisticated fighter, the F-22, has a problem with its oxygen system, and increasingly, with its image.
May 11, 2012
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
Student Rocketry Challenge Blasts Off
Winners take home big prizes (and compete to be the next generation of aerospace leadership) in the Team America Rocketry Challenge.
May 11, 2012
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
World’s Biggest Billboard
Want to get your message across in letters as tall as the Empire State Building and stretching across eight miles of sky? Call The Geico Skytypers.
May 08, 2012
| By Linda Shiner
Letters To Earth Blog
Water + ZZ Top – Gravity =
Playing with sound waves and a drop of water in microgravity.
May 08, 2012
| By Don Pettit
Letters To Earth Blog
Toe Koozies
The zero-gravity equivalent to flip-flops.
May 04, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Sea Shadow for Sale
For a mere $300,000, you can buy this unique stealthy seagoing vessel.
May 04, 2012
| By Pat Trenner
The Daily Planet Blog
Get Me to the Derby On Time
The Run for the Roses starts with a flight to Churchill Downs.
May 04, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Space History Items Bring $1 Million
To buy a piece of space history, you need plenty of cash.
May 03, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Letters To Earth Blog
The Tyranny (and Power) of Rocket Travel
The energy now stored in my body is seven times greater than what would be in an 80- kilogram pile of TNT.
May 02, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
A Saturn V’s Final Journey: From Mildew to Museum
A new book recounts (sort of) the difficult restoration of a deteriorating Saturn V.
May 01, 2012
| By Heather Goss
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