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
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
Letters To Earth Blog
Please Don’t Squeeze the Astronaut
Exercising proper space etiquette, it is best not to give the newly arrived too strong a hug.
December 22, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
No Escaping Death and (Carbon) Taxes
North American airlines lost their bid to throw out a carbon tax on aircraft flying to Europe. Expect transatlantic fares to go up.
December 21, 2011
| By George Larson
Letters To Earth Blog
Godspeed to Earth
From my perspective, I will soon be sitting in my rocket watching everyone on Earth move off into the frontier.
December 21, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Tweetups Then and Now
Lockheed Martin held their first Tweetup this week, inviting fans to see the last F-22 roll out of the factory. So what exactly is a Tweetup, and how did they start?
December 20, 2011
| By Heather Goss
Letters To Earth Blog
The Pieces Come Together
Tomorrow we walk to our rocket and climb the stairway that leads into space.
December 20, 2011
| By Don Pettit
Letters To Earth Blog
Baikonur Graffiti
Writing on the wall has been going on since humans lived in caves. Should I trace the outline of my hand? Should I draw a mastodon? Maybe a rocket.
December 20, 2011
| By Don Pettit
Letters To Earth Blog
Me and My Spacesuit
I have a symbiotic relationship with my spacesuit. I take care of it, and it takes care of me in return.
December 20, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Missing in Inaction: F-104
Alert: If you see a Starfighter in a parking lot, contact this Dutch museum.
December 19, 2011
| By Pat Trenner
Letters To Earth Blog
Six Months Turns to Ten
There’s more to a Space Station mission than just the time in orbit.
December 19, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Doomed Blob of Gas Headed for Black Hole
Astronomers will get to watch a black hole devour material for the first time, as a gas cloud barrels towards the center of the Milky Way.
December 16, 2011
| By Heather Goss
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