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
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
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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