Editors' Picks
Area 51: Origins
America’s once-secret air base had humble beginnings.
Need for Speed
Airplanes with a mission: Fly faster.
Beyond the Moon
It’s not a place, exactly. But it could be NASA’s next destination.
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.
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
If your star tracker breaks on the way to the moon, just hit Command P.
November 2012
| By Mark Betancourt
A Japanese camera will try to catch first-time pictures of a satellite's breakup.
September 10, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Is "New Space" free enterprise?
September 08, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
NASA puzzles over what to do with a rare gift.
August 31, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Neil Armstrong will always be remembered for his "one small step" but his contributions to spaceflight are numerous.
August 26, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
Determining rock ages remotely would create new possibilities for planetary science.
August 24, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
Masten Space System's test vehicle, Xombie, took a nice ride this week.
August 16, 2012
| By Heather Goss
How do a bunch of bored aerospace engineers kill time? Shoot down rubber-band ornithopters, of course.
September 2012
| By William H. Dye
Jimmy Doolittle remembers the birth of the U.S. space program.
September 2012
| By William D. Putman and Eugene M. Emme
How long will humans remain better than robots at exploration?
September 2012
| By James R. Chiles
New cosmonauts brush up on their wilderness skills in Kazakhstan.
August 09, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The radio telescope at England's Jodrell Bank Observatory got the news scoop of the century in the early days of the space race.
August 08, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
As the rover rocketed down to the Martian surface, the team at JPL could only wait and hope.
August 06, 2012
| By Bruce Lieberman
Director James Cameron's 3D camera may have been bumped from the Curiosity Mars lander. But MARDI will give us first-time color views of the descent.
August 03, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Does the history of two early pioneers of aviation offer an analogy for spaceflight?
July 31, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
Almost 100 aircraft were lost in the river during World War II alone, and it's not certain how many are still to be recovered.
July 27, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
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