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A review of the year in space. It's not pretty.
December 27, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
On past missions, I've missed two Thanksgivings, Christmas, New Years, birthdays, anniversaries, a science fair, school plays, recitals, and Valentine’s Day.
December 23, 2011
| By Don Pettit
Exercising proper space etiquette, it is best not to give the newly arrived too strong a hug.
December 22, 2011
| By Don Pettit
From my perspective, I will soon be sitting in my rocket watching everyone on Earth move off into the frontier.
December 21, 2011
| By Don Pettit
Tomorrow we walk to our rocket and climb the stairway that leads into space.
December 20, 2011
| By Don Pettit
Writing on the wall has been going on since humans lived in caves. Should I trace the outline of my hand? Should I draw a mastodon? Maybe a rocket.
December 20, 2011
| By Don Pettit
I have a symbiotic relationship with my spacesuit. I take care of it, and it takes care of me in return.
December 20, 2011
| By Don Pettit
There’s more to a Space Station mission than just the time in orbit.
December 19, 2011
| By Don Pettit
Astronomers will get to watch a black hole devour material for the first time, as a gas cloud barrels towards the center of the Milky Way.
December 16, 2011
| By Heather Goss
Now there is no way home, at least by the usual route. Only up—into the frontier.
December 15, 2011
| By Don Pettit
As space technology advances, we will reach the point where we started in the Stone Age: Exploration with no more justification than individual curiosity.
December 14, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The meaning of the word "exploration" changed about a hundred years ago. We should recover its full, original meaning, which included not only discovery but exploitation and wealth creation.
December 14, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
Spaceflight training is in many ways more demanding than the Space Station mission itself. But it's the next best thing to actually flying.
December 13, 2011
| By Don Pettit
The Allen Telescope Array is back online.
December 08, 2011
| By Heather Goss
Humans to Venus? The latest proposed destination for human space missions illustrates the essential hollowness of the current direction of our civil space program.
December 01, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
A photo of astronaut Ed White, taken aboard Gemini IV, may be the first photo of an astronaut taken by another inside a spacecraft.
November 30, 2011
| By Heather Goss
In this 50th anniversary year of human spaceflight, we ask you to remember your own space milestones, and record where you were, and how you felt.
November 22, 2011
| By Rebecca Maksel
Dark streaks occur on slopes on both the Moon and Mars, although interpretations about their origins may differ. The Moon offers us some insight into how these features can form on all of the terrestrial planets.
November 17, 2011
| By Paul D. Spudis
Planning to operate a taxi service for NASA astronauts? Here’s what’s required.
November 16, 2011
| By Andrew Chaikin
Alan Shepard was brave enough to ride the Mercury-Redstone rocket. These guys were brave enough to light it.
January 2012
| By Tony Reichhardt
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