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
Beating Stray Light
If you want good pictures in space, make it as dark as you can.
June 18, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The View from 30,000 Feet Blog
Flying an 80-Year-Old Plane
A rare chance to take the controls of a 1931 Stinson Tri-Motor.
June 15, 2012
| By Steve Satre
Letters To Earth Blog
From Us to You
Here's what we left inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule before we closed the hatch last month.
June 14, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Downey Will Display Shuttle Mock-Up
The Southern California birthplace of the space shuttle is going to spit-shine and welcome visitors to see a piece of nearly forgotten aerospace history.
June 14, 2012
| By Heather Goss
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Chesley Bonestell and the Landscape of the Moon
The purpose of art is to soothe the soul, but sometimes it can predict future realities with uncanny precision.
June 14, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Daily Planet Blog
The Flight of Shenzhou-9
China's first manned space station mission comes to a successful end.
June 13, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
On Air Blog
The Master of “Good Enough”
Pilots will always remember Ed King as the man who built their radios.
June 13, 2012
| By George Larson
The Daily Planet Blog
There’s One More Shuttle That Needs a Home
Inside a warehouse in Downey, California, a one-winged space shuttle sits underneath a blanket of Tyvek sheeting.
June 12, 2012
| By Heather Goss
On Air Blog
Not Your Father’s Safety Board
Smart and experienced, the National Transportation Safety Board will delve into issues facing General Aviation in a forum to be held next week.
June 11, 2012
| By George Larson
Letters To Earth Blog
Perpetual Sun
As you can see in this video, right now we are in a phase of continuous twilight.
June 08, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Battle Noise School
How psychologists conditioned soldiers and civilians to the sounds of combat during World War II.
June 07, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Daily Planet Blog
Bradbury Meets the Astronauts
They were bound for the moon, but he had already been to Mars.
June 06, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Everyone’s Gone To The Moon
Our international space partners want to go to the Moon. Why don't we?
Well, maybe we do.
June 05, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Daily Planet Blog
DARPA and Boeing to Dream Up New Airborne Launcher
Wanted: an airborne system than can launch 100-pound satellites for under $1 million.
June 04, 2012
| By Heather Goss
The Once and Future Moon Blog
Who discovered water on the Moon?
A recent news story claims that water was found in lunar soil over 30 years ago, but the finding was ignored. True?
June 01, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Daily Planet Blog
What’s Next for New Space
With Dragon showing the way, it's about to get busy in the commercial spaceflight arena.
June 01, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Letters To Earth Blog
Homemade Ice Sheets
Are ice crystals different in microgravity? I had a look.
May 30, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The Daily Planet Blog
Transit of Venus, Then and Now
When you drive to your local observatory to witness the Transit of Venus on Tuesday, spare a thought for the men who sought to witness the spectacle in 1761.
May 29, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
On Air Blog
Hug an Aircraft Mechanic Today
And remember Charley Taylor, the Wright Brothers' mechanic, born on this day in 1868.
May 24, 2012
| By George Larson
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