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Editors' Picks

What the astronauts really said

Apollo "onboard voice" recordings captured the moon astronauts' conversations -- cussing and all -- when no one else was listening.

Drones for Hire

The newest eyes in the sky are drawing the attention of power companies, conservation groups, and the ACLU.

Five Reasons to Like NASA’s Asteroid Retrieval Mission

So it's not the Moon or Mars. Get over it.

The Invention of Flight

Inventors, dreamers, daredevils, charlatans: Aviation's early years had them all.

Disaster at Xichang

An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about history’s worst launch accident.

Blogs

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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

The Once and Future Moon Blog

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers*

The legal status and ownership of resources harvested from space are unclear. How does such uncertainty affect our plans to exploit them?
May 01, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

Letters To Earth Blog

Hit the Books and Work on Your Car!

When something breaks on a spacecraft, you have to get your hands dirty.
April 27, 2012 | By Don Pettit

On Air Blog

Learning to Love Props–Again

Regional airliners powered by turboprop engines may be making a comeback.
April 27, 2012 | By George Larson

The Daily Planet Blog

Next Stop, New York

Space shuttle Enterprise heads for Manhattan.
April 26, 2012 | By Tony Reichhardt

The Daily Planet Blog

Personal Jetpacks of the Future, Today

Watch Yves Rossy fly his jet-powered wing above the Swiss countryside.
April 24, 2012 | By Heather Goss

The Daily Planet Blog

Howard Hughes’ Robot

On his record-setting flight in 1938, the billionaire had two navigators, only one of which was human.
April 23, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

Letters To Earth Blog

Helen of Earth

A poem.
April 23, 2012 | By Don Pettit

The Daily Planet Blog

Discovery Joins the National Air and Space Museum

Two space shuttles parked nose-to-nose today; one leaving its museum home and the other ready to take its place.
April 19, 2012 | By Heather Goss

Letters To Earth Blog

Flashes of Reality

In space I see things that are not there.
April 19, 2012 | By Don Pettit

The Daily Planet Blog

Big Entrance

Space Shuttle Discovery wows Washington as it moves into its new home at the Smithsonian.
April 18, 2012 | By Tony Reichhardt

The Daily Planet Blog

Changes at the Reno Race Track?

The National Safety Board’s recommendations may be only the beginning.
April 13, 2012 | By Linda Shiner

The Daily Planet Blog

High Valor

Barry Crawford is honored for his heroism as a combat air controller in Afghanistan.
April 13, 2012 | By Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine

Letters To Earth Blog

I Wonder Why

On the frontier, you can once again see the world through the eyes of a child.
April 13, 2012 | By Don Pettit

The Once and Future Moon Blog

Analogy for Space: Aviation or Seafaring?

Is space travel more like aviation or sea faring? It depends on your mission.
April 13, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

The Daily Planet Blog

Thursday Night is Yuri’s Night

How will you celebrate human spaceflight on April 12?
April 11, 2012 | By Heather Goss

Letters To Earth Blog

One in a Billion

What a rare privilege it is to be in orbit.
April 11, 2012 | By Don Pettit

On Air Blog

Out of Work? Keep Training—For Free

One company's attempt to help out in hard times.
April 06, 2012 | By George Larson

Letters To Earth Blog

More About That Flash

It's okay to shine a laser at the space station, but not at airplanes.
April 06, 2012 | By Don Pettit

The Daily Planet Blog

Why the Skies Will Not Be Full of Flying Cars

There's a reason why we don't already have them.
April 04, 2012 | By Pat Trenner

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