Space Programs
NASA, Soviet and Russian space programs and the International Space Station
A Smashing Success
How the Ranger probes’ moon crashes helped pave the way for Apollo.
January 21, 2009 |
By Paul Hoversten
Space Goals – One more time
It would appear that we are in the midst of yet another attempt to define the goals and objectives of our national space program. This time, the National Academy of Sciences is conducting a study on the Rationale and Goals of the U. S. Civil Space Program. After completion, this study will no dou...
January 09, 2009 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Weightless Workouts
A new fitness machine on the space station brings astronaut exercise into the 21st century
December 31, 2008 |
By airspacemag.com
To Boldly Go
Sending Apollo 8 to the moon was a risky mix of cold war politics, bravery, and the faith of one man, George Low, in his engineers.
December 19, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) and Project Constellation
There’s a huge hubbub in the press revolving around alleged “obstructionism” at NASA toward the Presidential Transition team. As this rather overwrought piece at the Orlando Sentinel has been posted and commented upon endlessly at several web sites, I do not propose to rehash it. Instead, I want ...
December 12, 2008 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Top NASA Photos of All Time
50 indelible images from the first 50 years of spaceflight
November 2008 |
By The Space History Division, National Air and Space Museum
If I Were to Land on Mars...
A small malfunction lands three astronauts on Russia’s version of the Red Planet.
November 2008 |
By Don Pettit
Fly Us to the Moon
The next lunar explorers will soon report to Houston. Are some already there?
November 2008 |
By Michael Cassutt
A&S Interview: Farouk El-Baz
A veteran space scientist discusses the challenges of the 21st Century.
November 2008 |
By Elizabeth Howell
Company Expected
Three more people will soon move into the International Space Station—and they’ll be drinking, um….
October 30, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
India Aims for the Moon
A U.S. scientist reports from the scene of India's first lunar launch.
October 21, 2008 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Mission to Mir
At the start of a new partnership, U.S. and Russian space travelers learn that every long journey begins with a single step.
October 2008 |
By Tom Harpole
End Run
A small band of rogue rocketeers takes on the NASA establishment.
September 29, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
First Steps
Chinese astronauts are preparing for their first spacewalk. What's in store for them?
September 18, 2008 |
By Leroy Chiao
The Shuttle Mission No One Wants
If STS-400 launches, be prepared for one of the most dramatic spaceflights ever.
September 02, 2008 |
By Paul Hoversten
Finding Apollo
Forty years later, we’re about to see what the moonwalkers left behind.
September 2008 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Mission Possible
A new probe to a Martian moon may win back respect for Russia’s unmanned space program.
September 2008 |
By Anatoly Zak
Inexperience Wanted
Student engineers answer NASA’s call to design the airplane of 2058.
August 06, 2008 |
By Michael Klesius
