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Can We Repurpose Space Assets?

A lost Russian communications satellite has the potential to teach us about operations on the Moon.
March 19, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

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Sikorsky Wants to Pick Your Brain

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March 09, 2012 | By Pat Trenner

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How the Mars Community Shot Itself in the Foot

Ask for a lot and perhaps get a little. But ask for too much and you may end up with nothing.
March 08, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

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Berry’s Leap

In February 1912, Capt. Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from an airplane.
February 29, 2012 | By Tony Reichhardt

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A scientific dust-up, featuring raw data and bare knuckles. Who and what should we believe?
March 27, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

Long-exposure astrophotos taken from orbit can produce unexpected patterns.
March 26, 2012 | By Don Pettit

Vincent Bendix wanted his trophy to spur better and faster airplanes, and he got his wish.
March 23, 2012 | By George Larson

The Captain assured the passengers that everything was under control, but I'm sure some of them thought this was the end. I would have, if I had been in back.
March 23, 2012 | By Steve Satre

In a Cessna 172, no less.
March 22, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

Wernher von Braun was born one hundred years ago, but his blueprint for space exploration still has relevance today.
March 22, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

The Planetary Science Institute has released a new geological map of Jupiter's moon Io, integrating information taken by the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft.
March 19, 2012 | By Heather Goss

A lost Russian communications satellite has the potential to teach us about operations on the Moon.
March 19, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

A look back at Claude Grahame-White's 1910 landing next to the White House.
March 15, 2012 | By Heather Goss

The bright lights of oil platforms appear as sparkling constellations off the coast of South America.
March 14, 2012 | By Don Pettit

A bizarre case of mistaken identity almost cost a World War II B-17 commander his life.
March 13, 2012 | By Rebecca Maksel

NASA is getting ready to launch a barrage of rockets that should be visible along the U.S. Eastern seaboard.
March 12, 2012 | By Heather Goss

AND the company will pay you for the privilege.
March 09, 2012 | By Pat Trenner

And a high-tech box to store it in.
March 09, 2012 | By Don Pettit

Ask for a lot and perhaps get a little. But ask for too much and you may end up with nothing.
March 08, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

A group of San Antonio astronomers shine a light visible from orbit.
March 05, 2012 | By Don Pettit

The U.S. Air Force announced last weekend that the competition to build the next bomber is already underway.
March 02, 2012 | By Heather Goss

Grant Morton wasn't the first to parachute from an airplane, or even the second.
March 01, 2012 | By Tony Reichhardt

Neil Tyson wants to double NASA's budget. Would that solve the problem with America's space program?
March 01, 2012 | By Paul D. Spudis

In February 1912, Capt. Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from an airplane.
February 29, 2012 | By Tony Reichhardt