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.
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
Letters To Earth Blog
A Needed Boost
A European cargo vehicle gives the Space Station a lift.
April 03, 2012
| By Don Pettit
Letters To Earth Blog
Space Is My Mistress
...and she beckons my return. A poem.
April 03, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
What’s Flying Where?
This Boeing air traffic map can show you.
April 03, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Letters To Earth Blog
Seven Faces of Dr. Don
Reflections in the Cupola window.
April 02, 2012
| By Don Pettit
On Air Blog
A World Without Helium?
The second most plentiful element in the universe is rapidly running out here on earth.
March 30, 2012
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
Lake Vostok, Europa, and Washington
Cool new concept for a Europa lander! Wish we could afford it.
March 30, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Buzz Lightyear’s New Home
A well-traveled toy enters the Smithsonian collection.
March 29, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Letters To Earth Blog
Cargo Ship
Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle, caught on camera as it approaches the Space Station.
March 29, 2012
| By Don Pettit
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