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.
Recent data from the planet Mercury indicates that water ice is found near its poles. What does this mean for the Moon?
December 02, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
A new interactive graphic highlights the space agency's plans.
November 28, 2012
| By Heather Goss
Using the material and energy resources of space could be a major game-changer for spaceflight. So why haven't we ever done it?
November 17, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Library of Congress’s first resident astrobiologist takes inspiration from both Carl Sagan and Jerry Garcia.
November 16, 2012
| By Pat Trenner
The Ranger series of space probes finally succeeded — on the seventh try.
January 2013
| By George C. Larson
A team of NASA alums is building a spacecraft to protect Earth - and you can help.
January 2013
| By Bruce Lieberman
A new paper claims mineral evidence for the largest basin on the Moon -- is it true?
November 01, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
Oddball items at the National Air and Space Museum.
October 31, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
What is the ultimate source of the water found at the poles of the Moon? A new study of some lunar soil samples suggests a surprising answer.
October 17, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
What color is the Moon? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think.
October 10, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket keeps on chugging, despite an engine loss.
October 08, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
If the Mercury astronauts seemed obsessed with bathroom humor, maybe it was because of their doctors.
October 03, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
It never went to space, but the astronauts spent many hundreds of hours inside the CCT-1.
October 01, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
First-time views from inside a re-entering spacecraft.
September 28, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Two new and very different scientific studies may revise our understanding of the Giant Impact that supposedly created the Moon.
September 28, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
NASA's GRACE satellites have been watching our groundwater disappear.
September 21, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
A sci-fi historian’s guide to movie spacesuits, from wacky to realistic.
September 13, 2012
| By Diane Tedeschi
While monster telescopes get the attention, the little guys quietly — and cheaply — rack up cosmic finds.
November 2012
| By Damond Benningfield
Advertisement
Follow Us
 | ||||||
|
|
 |
 |
| ||
Air & Space Videos
|
X-47B Carrier LaunchAn unpiloted combat aircraft takes off from an aircraft carrier for the first time. |
|
SpaceShipTwo Fires UpVirgin Galactic sends its edge-of-space ship past Mach 1. |
|
How to Bag an AsteroidNASA's plan to retrieve an asteroid and bring it (close to) home. |
|
The Mach-2 Bomber That Never WasBritain's TSR-2 bomber makes its first test flight in 1964. |
|
“Earth is Certain to Be Struck”A space station astronaut addresses a U.N. meeting on protecting the planet from rogue rocks. |
View All Videos » |
|
Need to Know
|
Why do NASA launch times depend on lighting conditions?It's all about the solar beta angle. |
Air & Space Interview
|
Bobby BraunNASA's outgoing Chief Technologist talks about what's in the R&D pipeline |
In the Magazine
