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.
Two decades later, three scientists are rewarded for discovering a new body of objects in our solar system.
July 25, 2012
| By Heather Goss
Astronauts and satellites get to watch the Games from Olympian heights.
July 24, 2012
| By Heather Goss
As the world's athletes put on their game face, the British Army prepares for aerial attack.
July 24, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
America's first woman in space describes the beauty of Earth from orbit.
July 2012
| By Sally Ride
The development of SpaceX's Falcon 1 is a story of promise -- and partial fulfillment.
July 22, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
Localized bubbles of high magnetic intensity may explain some enigmatic lunar surface features
July 19, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
As a planetary geologist, I search for clues to what happened on faraway worlds.
August 2012
| By Maria E. Banks
An elder statesman of space exploration wants pieces of Mars brought here.
August 2012
| By Paul Hoversten
From the people who know Mars best, a collection of close encounters.
August 2012
| By The Editors
The creator of The Sims imagines us on the Red Planet.
August 2012
| By Will Wright
For all its traveling, NASA's last Mars rover only covered about the same ground as a familiar theme park.
August 2012
| By Heather Goss
The next three residents of the International Space Station are due to blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:40 pm U.S. Eastern time on Saturday.
July 13, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
The world's first transatlantic TV broadcast included a quip from President Kennedy and folk dancing in Quebec.
July 10, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The Space Exploration Initiative and the Vision for Space Exploration -- two proposals, two failures. Why?
July 02, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
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