Editors' Picks
Printed in Space
If your star tracker breaks on the way to the moon, just hit Command P.
Area 51: Origins
America’s once-secret air base had humble beginnings.
Need for Speed
Airplanes with a mission: Fly faster.
The Invention of Flight
Inventors, dreamers, daredevils, charlatans: Aviation's early years had them all.
Vietnam Memoir
Stories from the war that shaped a generation.
Letters To Earth Blog
Six Months Turns to Ten
There’s more to a Space Station mission than just the time in orbit.
December 19, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Doomed Blob of Gas Headed for Black Hole
Astronomers will get to watch a black hole devour material for the first time, as a gas cloud barrels towards the center of the Milky Way.
December 16, 2011
| By Heather Goss
Letters To Earth Blog
A One-Way Ticket
Now there is no way home, at least by the usual route. Only up—into the frontier.
December 15, 2011
| By Don Pettit
Letters To Earth Blog
What Makes an Explorer?
As space technology advances, we will reach the point where we started in the Stone Age: Exploration with no more justification than individual curiosity.
December 14, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Tiny UAV Like a Periscope on the Ground
Instant Eyes, a 9-inch UAV, could be a no-brainer for military reconnaissance.
December 14, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Once and Future Moon Blog
The Path of Exploration
The meaning of the word "exploration" changed about a hundred years ago. We should recover its full, original meaning, which included not only discovery but exploitation and wealth creation.
December 14, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
Letters To Earth Blog
The Road to Space
Spaceflight training is in many ways more demanding than the Space Station mission itself. But it's the next best thing to actually flying.
December 13, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
No Way to Treat a Hero
Would Chesley Sullenberger really want to be FAA Administrator?
December 12, 2011
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
70 Years of “Slipping the Surly Bonds”
Whether you love it or hate it, John Gillespie Magee's "High Flight" remains the most enduring of aviation poems.
December 08, 2011
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
SETI Plugs the Phone Back In
The Allen Telescope Array is back online.
December 08, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
Air Force Slashes Airshow Demos
Don't go looking for F-16s or A-10s at military airshows from now on. The F-22 will be performing solo.
December 07, 2011
| By Pat Trenner
The Daily Planet Blog
Pearl Harbor: A Unique Remembrance
Two brothers pay tribute to a pilot who barely escaped the December 7
attacks.
December 05, 2011
| By Linda Shiner
The Daily Planet Blog
And Now, UAV Construction Workers
Just try not to think of robot wasps.
December 02, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Once and Future Moon Blog
The Latest Destination for Human Spaceflight
Humans to Venus? The latest proposed destination for human space missions illustrates the essential hollowness of the current direction of our civil space program.
December 01, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Daily Planet Blog
You Are Here
Google Maps' latest update will help travelers navigate through airports.
November 30, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
Is This the First In-Space Portrait?
A photo of astronaut Ed White, taken aboard Gemini IV, may be the first photo of an astronaut taken by another inside a spacecraft.
November 30, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
NTSB Looks Into Public Aircraft Safety
A public forum in Washington DC takes up the subject of government-operated airplanes and who should oversee their safety.
November 29, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
The First Martian Rover
Poor PROP-M, lost in 1971, never got the chance to strut its stuff on Mars.
November 28, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Where Were You?
In this 50th anniversary year of human spaceflight, we ask you to remember your own space milestones, and record where you were, and how you felt.
November 22, 2011
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Getting Medieval
When the Eighth Air Force wanted to protect its bomber crews, it asked medieval armor specialists for advice.
November 21, 2011
| By Rebecca Maksel
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