Editors' Picks
Area 51: Origins
America’s once-secret air base had humble beginnings.
Need for Speed
Airplanes with a mission: Fly faster.
Beyond the Moon
It’s not a place, exactly. But it could be NASA’s next destination.
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.
The Daily Planet Blog
Shenzhou 8 Docks In Orbit
China succeeds on its first space rendezvous and docking mission.
November 01, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Ronald Greeley: A Gentleman and a Scholar
Some scientists are both great researchers and fine human beings. Ron Greeley was one of them.
October 29, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Daily Planet Blog
King of the Bombs
Fifty years ago this weekend, the biggest nuke ever.
October 28, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Scratch One Spysat
An eyewitness recalls one of history's great rocket explosions.
October 26, 2011
| By Pat Trenner
The Daily Planet Blog
Following the Race to the Moon
In their efforts to "ignite a new era of lunar exploration," the Google Lunar X Prize wants competitors to reach out through social media so the rest of us can follow along.
October 25, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Replicators Have Arrived
Three-dimensional printing technology can be used in conjunction with the material and energy resources of the Moon to build new space faring capabilities.
October 24, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
The View from 30,000 Feet Blog
Time to Renew my CFI
Why go to the trouble to renew a certificate I don’t use? The bottom line is that I just worked too hard to get it.
October 24, 2011
| By Steve Satre
The Daily Planet Blog
The World’s First Warplane
One hundred years ago this Sunday, on October 23, 1911, Captain Carlo Piazza climbed onto his spindly Blériot XI and made military history.
October 21, 2011
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Stop Stall-ing
When pilots make a bad landing they don’t blame their bankers. So why do bankers, hacks, and Capitol Hill flaks use a beloved aviation term to malign the national economy?
October 20, 2011
| By Roger Mola
The Daily Planet Blog
Europe to Launch First Soyuz from South America
When a Soyuz lifts off from French Guiana on Thursday, it will be the first one to launch outside of Russia or Kazakhstan in the rocket's 44-year history, and the first step in assembling Europe's new GPS system.
October 19, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The View from 30,000 Feet Blog
The Irritations of Airline-Speak
I fly a lot. OK, no surprise, but I'm talking about flying as a passenger, sitting in back, getting to and from work. And I find myself cringing at the canned phrases I hear from my own co-workers.
October 14, 2011
| By Steve Satre
The Daily Planet Blog
X-37 Still Aloft, May Look to Carry Astronauts
While the "secret-ish" X-37 space plane continues to perform well at over 200 days in orbit, Boeing finally talks details, including a possible human-rated version.
October 14, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
Three Minutes = Three Years
Cue the Lawrence of Arabia theme. Actually, I prefer the soundtrack that the Mars Exploration Rover team used for this time-lapse video showing Opportunity’s 13-mile trek from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater.
October 13, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
The Art in Science
Oscar Wilde once noted that aestheticism is the search for the secret of life. So what better place to turn the lens of aestheticism than images of our universe?
October 11, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Once and Future Moon Blog
It’s a gas, man!
Newly recognized "hollows" on the planet Mercury help to inform us about the origin, history and processes associated with some unusual landforms on the Moon.
October 08, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Daily Planet Blog
As Titan Turns
What draws me to Titan is the mystery. After 50 years of robotic exploration most other objects in the solar system have given up their secrets, at least to a first order.
October 07, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
“Smithsonian’s Stars” at the Museum
Volcanic activity on the moon, traveling to asteroids, and crashing galaxies are a few of the topics covered in free lectures at the National Air & Space Museum.
October 05, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
Lightning on Deck
The Marine Corps version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is undergoing sea trials this week and next, and already has chalked up a milestone: the first vertical landing of the F-35B at sea.
October 05, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Is it Real, or is it IMAX?
When the [Virginia] earthquake struck on August 23, it unnerved most of the staff and visitors at the National Air and Space Museum —except patrons in the IMAX® theaters.
October 04, 2011
| By Pat Trenner
The Daily Planet Blog
Green Light for Fuel-Efficiency Races in California
Teams gathered their experimental planes in Santa Rosa, California last week for a competition of their environmental industriousness.
October 03, 2011
| By Heather Goss
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