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 is getting ready to launch a barrage of rockets that should be visible along the U.S. Eastern seaboard.
March 12, 2012
| By Heather Goss
Ask for a lot and perhaps get a little. But ask for too much and you may end up with nothing.
March 08, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
What NASA will learn from dissecting Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour
May 2012
| By Greg Freiherr
A group of San Antonio astronomers shine a light visible from orbit.
March 05, 2012
| By Don Pettit
Neil Tyson wants to double NASA's budget. Would that solve the problem with America's space program?
March 01, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
When it comes to recycling water, space station astronauts are on the frontier.
February 29, 2012
| By Don Pettit
If you need more than a few seconds to spot your target, the moment is lost.
February 24, 2012
| By Don Pettit
Astronomers learn more about a hot, watery, exotic "super-Earth."
February 23, 2012
| By Heather Goss
In space, you can't beat the odds, but you can make a better sandwich.
February 17, 2012
| By Don Pettit
The PMM is part storage closet, part trash can, and a good place to reflect and recharge.
February 15, 2012
| By Don Pettit
Is there a way to determine if the Moon underwent an impact cataclysm 3.9 billion years ago? Samples from an old basin may tell us.
February 13, 2012
| By Paul D. Spudis
The Known Universe is a 21st-century upgrade to our visualization of the sheer size of things.
February 10, 2012
| By Heather Goss
Weird physics on the space station.
February 08, 2012
| By Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine
Here's something you can only see in Earth orbit.
February 02, 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
Shifts in thought and perspective, some seemingly minor, happen when you observe the commonplace in a new and unfamiliar setting.
February 01, 2012
| By Don Pettit
A handy interactive map shows what lies ahead in space over the next decade.
February 01, 2012
| By Heather Goss
From orbit, the more you know about our planet, the more you can see.
January 27, 2012
| By Don Pettit
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