Space Programs
NASA, Soviet and Russian space programs and the International Space Station
Where Have All the Shuttle Engineers Gone?
To new jobs, some odder than others.
June 2013 |
By Jeremy Davis
Earth-Like Planets Could be Right Next Door
Astronomers estimate that billions of habitable planets are orbiting red dwarf stars. What would it be like to live there?
June 2013 |
By Bruce Lieberman
The Astronaut’s Wife
Jan Evans recalls how it was for the families of moon voyagers in the Apollo era.
June 2013 |
By Jennifer Ross-Nazzal
Driving the Space Shuttle
How a team of experts navigated a spaceship through the streets of L.A.
May 21, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Europe’s (Really) Cool Telescope Ends Operations
The Herschel Space Telescope closes its eye after the last of its coolant evaporated this week.
April 30, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Five Reasons to Like NASA’s Asteroid Retrieval Mission
So it's not the Moon or Mars. Get over it.
April 12, 2013 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Great Asteroid Grab
Instead of astronauts going to the rock, the rock will come to them.
April 12, 2013 |
By Guy Gugliotta
NASA’s Frequent Flier
After logging nearly 1,400 hours in orbit, Jerry Ross reflects on spaceflight past and future.
April 08, 2013 |
By Diane Tedeschi
For Safe Landings On Two Planets
The 2013 National Air and Space Museum Trophy Winners.
April 2013 |
By The Editors
The Galileo Project
Why Europe wants its own satellite navigation program.
April 2013 |
By Craig Mellow
Beyond the Moon
It’s not a place, exactly. But it could be NASA’s next destination.
April 2013 |
By Guy Gugliotta
Special Delivery
The team that landed Curiosity on Mars takes home a trophy.
March 22, 2013 |
By Paul Hoversten
That Sounds Familiar
New data from Mars suggest that it may have been hospitable to life in the past. Haven't we heard this before?
March 13, 2013 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Reconstruction
After the Columbia accident, seeing the crew cabin of the destroyed shuttle was an emotional experience for many NASA astronauts.
February 01, 2013 |
By Tony Reichhardt
In the Zero-G Cockpit
As the pilot of a 727 that simulates weightlessness, John Benisch is always searching for that perfect parabola.
February 01, 2013 |
By Pat Trenner
Can the Pentagon Unbundle Its Behemoth Space Systems?
Support for "disaggregation" of military satellites is getting louder.
January 31, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
Son of Transhab
NASA buys back its own technology for inflatable space modules.
January 17, 2013 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Stratomouse!
In the 1950s, balloons carried live mice to near-space to study how the trip might affect astronauts.
January 11, 2013 |
By Heather Goss
