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.
Letters To Earth Blog
Lost Chopstick
Velcro helps us keep things from floating away at dinner time. Or so I thought.
January 18, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Mass Map
Scientists offer a mesmerizing visual of the matter that makes up, well, everything.
January 17, 2012
| By Heather Goss
The Once and Future Moon Blog
China’s Long March to the Moon
China plans to send humans to the Moon. Why we should care.
January 14, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
Letters To Earth Blog
Grand Views of the Grand Canyon
Sometimes your brain can play little tricks. Under some lighting conditions the Grand Canyon does not look like a canyon at all.
January 13, 2012
| By Don Pettit
Letters To Earth Blog
What’s a Soyuz Launch Like?
For spaceships, there is no business class.
January 11, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Bob Smyth, Grumman Test Pilot (1927-2012)
He flew the first flight of the F-14A Tomcat in 1970, but made bigger headlines when he had to eject from the aircraft just nine days later.
January 11, 2012
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
Do Something
Washington struggles for a response to last year’s Reno Air Races crash.
January 10, 2012
| By Linda Shiner
The Daily Planet Blog
The Battle of Key West
Phantoms v. MiGs over Florida in 1962.
January 09, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Wichita Takes a Hit
For aerospace workers in Kansas, the New Year started off with more bad news.
January 06, 2012
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
Incoming!
A new film on the perils of space debris, manmade and natural.
January 06, 2012
| By Pat Trenner
The Daily Planet Blog
Thirty Hours, No Stops
The B-2 needs four fill-ups to keep flying.
January 05, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Letters To Earth Blog
Dreams, Dragons, and Space Debris
The ISS astronauts talk about their mission so far, and what's ahead.
January 04, 2012
| By Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine
The Daily Planet Blog
Musk’s One-in-a-Million Proposition
The SpaceX founder talks Martian real estate.
January 04, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
Post-holiday Diet Starts at the Airport
Detroit flyers can get a head-start on resolution dieting at their top ranking healthiest airport.
December 30, 2011
| By Heather Goss
The Daily Planet Blog
Space 2012: What’s Ahead
Twelve things to watch for in space next year—if the world doesn’t end.
December 29, 2011
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Daily Planet Blog
The Dogs of War
Man's best friend on the front lines.
December 27, 2011
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Annus Horribilis: Space in 2011
A review of the year in space. It's not pretty.
December 27, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
Letters To Earth Blog
Gone for the Season
On past missions, I've missed two Thanksgivings, Christmas, New Years, birthdays, anniversaries, a science fair, school plays, recitals, and Valentine’s Day.
December 23, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The View from 30,000 Feet Blog
New Rest Rules for Pilots
You can lead a pilot to a rest period, but you can’t make him sleep.
December 22, 2011
| By Steve Satre
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