In the tense years of the Cold War, applications satellites evolved down two separate paths: one devoted to national security needs, the other to civilian interests.
These satellites have become an integral part of contemporary life.
Earth from Space explained how satellite imagery is gathered and used to expand our understanding of life on Earth. Much like the pictures that appear on an ordinary computer monitor or television screen, satellite data are made up of pixels, or individual picture elements.
Earth from Space presented views of the planet few have witnessed with their own
Explore the Universe examined how our ideas about the Universe evolved as we developed new astronomical instruments.
Search input Search input Explore the Universe Discover how astronomical tools have
When you hear ’space race‘ you probably (correctly) think about the 1960s Soviet Union v. U.S. race to put an astronaut on the Moon. But a few hundred years before, the space race was all about Venus.
The British, the Germans, the French, and you have to have observations made from
Scientists are excited about Enceladus as a potential place for life and, more important, as a planet where we can look for life using existing technology and even predict, with some precision, the locations on the icy moon Saturn where we would most likely find this life.
in the surface of the moon’s south pole (bottom row, right), which scientists have
It was slated for use with the Me 262 jet fighter, but could also have been fired
An interview with Dante Lauretta, NASA’s principal investigator on the OSIRIS-REx mission. In his new book, The Asteroid Hunter, Lauretta recounts the sample-return mission that brought rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu to back to Earth.
I was also hoping I wouldn’t have to reject anyone else’s choice.
Restoring every artifact. Transforming every experience. Go behind the scenes of the renovation of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
building’s exterior and infrastructure will be revitalized, every object will have
In this Air and Space Quarterly exclusive, five U.S. Navy pilots who became the first American women to fly in combat tell their stories.
outlets at the time but has largely been forgotten—and the names of the women have
How an accident gave us the checklist, and safer flying.
You have to accept the fact that things can go wrong, so you have to take steps to
