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.
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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