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Popular Mechanics
August 2006
Ken Kamler |
A Visit to NASA's Undersea Lab Will robotics allow physicians to save lives in extreme environments? A trip to the ocean floor will answer that question.   |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2007
Erik Sofge |
How I Survived a Zero-G Robot Operating Room: Extreme Surgeon Human and robot surgeons compete to see who can perform better in zero gravity. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Guterl & Heger |
Mars Is Hard Fifty years ago, space experts thought we'd be there by now. Here's why we're not |
Fast Company
Daniel Terdiman |
Dream Job Alert! NASA Puts Out Call For New Astronauts NASA today put out a call for new astronauts, including those who might support a future manned mission to Mars. |
Science News
March 12, 2005
David Shiga |
The Zero Gravity Diet Having surveyed nutrition-related changes that occur in space travelers, including weight loss, NASA researchers plan further study of the potential problems from those changes. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Jetting Through Space President Bush announced on Jan. 4, 2004, his vision to return humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. Without the Cold War era impetus, however, NASA is searching for new ways to motivate development of innovative new vehicles to fly humans to the moon. |
Fast Company
December 1, 2007
Charles Fishman |
To The Moon! (In a Minivan) How NASA and Lockheed Martin are building a successor to the Space Shuttle - using off-the-shelf technology and plain old pragmatism. |
Geotimes
December 2005 |
Highlights 2005 -- Space Rovers still trucking... New "planetary" neighbors... Back to space... |
Popular Mechanics
August 2009
Aldrin & Noland |
Buzz Aldrin to NASA: U.S. Space Policy Is on the Wrong Track This May, the Obama administration announced it would appoint an independent council of aerospace experts to review NASA's human spaceflight objectives. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2005
Aldrin & Noland |
Roadmap To Mars So far, NASA's plan to reach the red planet has been short on detail. Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin unveils his own step-by-step proposal for mankind's next giant leap. |
Geotimes
January 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Bush retools space program As the Mars rover Spirit prepares to drive off its platform tonight and into the martian terrain, President Bush prepared the United States to send humans to the red planet and beyond. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
David Noland |
Mission to the Moon: How We'll Go Back -- and Stay This Time From ensuring a safe launch to getting the vehicle back on the ground, here's an inside look at some of the toughest challenges NASA's engineers are now confronting with the new Orion shuttle. |
Salon.com
February 16, 2000
William Speed Weed |
The right stuff for the Red Planet At 35, Dava Newman's an MIT engineer with a lab that would put James Bond's "Q" to shame and a passion for sending people to Mars. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
David A. Mindell |
The End Of The Cult Of The Astronaut How do you justify human spaceflight? |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
NASA Wants Your Ideas For A Mars Colony The challenge asks for written submissions detailing what astronaut-explorers will need to colonize a new planet -- and the space agency is offering a total of $15,000 in prize money, to be split between three winners. |
Wired
December 2004
James Cameron |
The Drive to Discover From deep sea exploration to trips into outer space, discovery is worth funding. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 1, 2004
Sean Silverthorne |
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science Do the successful Mars missions mean NASA again has the right stuff? Professor Alan MacCormack dissects the space agency's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" program. |
Geotimes
February 2004
Jan Childress |
Space-Based Teamplay At learning centers across the country, students are zooming to Mars and beyond while keeping alive the memory of the Challenger and Columbia disasters. |
Popular Mechanics
September 9, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
5 Ways the Augustine Commission's Report States the Obvious A group of respected aerospace experts spent the entire summer coming up with plans for the future of NASA, and the advice is far from shocking. |
Wired
July 2001
Tom McNichol |
The New Red Menace Robert Zubrin has a grand plan to turn the fourth planet into humanity's new frontier - within the next 10 years! Welcome to hell on, um, Mars... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2005
John McHale |
The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle. |
Wired
June 2003
Obrist & Koolhaas |
Mission to Mars, Utah Affiliated with the Mars Society, William J. Clancey's studies show how humans negotiate small spaces -- how we create routines and behaviors to capitalize on limited resources. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Olivier L. de Weck |
What To Pack For Mars A successful mission requires a well-planned supply strategy |
Chemistry World
August 2007
Richard Corfield |
Makeshift to Mars The red planet has claimed many a plucky spacecraft. How NASA's latest attempt hopes to overcome the odds with a different approach. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
William Sweet |
Do We Need to Go to the Moon to Get to Mars? Returning to the moon is not all that technically challenging. What's challenging is to make it an international effort that puts behind past grievances and sets the stage for a truly challenging international mission to Mars. |
Wired
December 2004
Andrew Chaikin |
Man vs. Machine Today, decades after the final Apollo mission, we still haven't sent a human back to the moon - or beyond it. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2010
James Oberg |
ISS Repair Space Walk: A Glimpse Into the Station's Future NASA is changing the way it handles hardware problems |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
John McHale |
Manned Space Missions, International Space Station, Get Increases in 2008 NASA Budget Request Officials at NASA are looking for increased funding for the International Space Station, manned space systems and other programs that fulfill President Bush's goal of reaching the Moon by the end of the decade. |
Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Dissent Grows as Scientists Oppose NASA's New Moon Mission NASA's current plan for manned space exploration is getting dissension from planetary scientists and astronauts. |
Geotimes
January 2005 |
Astronaut Geology Field Training The field trips in preparation for moon landings were designed as instruction about the specific landing site. We went to places that we thought would show geologic features and problems similar to those they would encounter on the moon, such as impact craters and volcanic areas. |
Popular Mechanics
March 11, 2009
Tom Jones |
An Astronaut's Letter to President Obama: Six Space Policy Musts Looming decisions facing the president will make or break America's status as the world leader in space. Here is some advice for Obama on what he needs to do to keep NASA on the right trajectory. |
Popular Mechanics
December 23, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
NASA'S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Is Ready for Its April Launch, but Will It Help the U.S. Return to the Moon? The orbiter is more than just another satellite looking at moon rocks -- this mission is one of the first steps in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon, and use the moon as a springboard to reach beyond. |
Geotimes
July 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Discovery Returns to Flight The space shuttle Discovery and its seven member crew lifted off, successfully returning NASA to flight after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. The launch follows a 13-day delay after a faulty fuel sensor halted the first launch attempt during countdown. |
Popular Mechanics
April 7, 2009
Garriott & Garriott |
Experiments in Space: Richard and Owen Garriott on How Private Space Flights Can Advance Important Science Like astronauts, Richard was involved with scientific research, in collaboration with state agencies including NASA, the European Space Agency and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, as well as nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
David Noland |
Moon Man: Buzz Aldrin's Advice on NASA's Orion Mission Buzz Aldrin offers his thoughts on the next mission to the moon. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2011
Sally Adee |
Dream Jobs 2011: Teaching Astronauts How to Survive At the European Space Agency, Loredana Bessone prepares explorers for the rigors of space |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2005
John Rhea |
President Bush's Space Vision: Is This Trip Necessary? NASA has finally unveiled details about its proposed $104 billion plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2018, but critics detect a demonstrably uncertain sound of this trumpet. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Paul M. Barrett |
NASA: Lost in Space After 30 years, the Shuttle program will end. How do you outsource the astronaut business? |
Popular Mechanics
May 12, 2008
Michael Milstein |
NASA Makes Space U-Turn, Opening Arms to Private Industry The agency seems to be shifting course, as NASA officials insist that the budding commercial spacecraft fleet represents the only way the United States can realize its dreams of solar-system conquest on schedule and at an affordable cost. |
Popular Mechanics
September 10, 2009
Rand Simberg |
Risk Aversion and NASA Don't Mix: Augustine Report Analysis We now know the options that the Augustine panel is going to present to the administration for the future of NASA human spaceflight, because the summary was released on Tuesday. |
Geotimes
September 2003
Fred Schwab |
Manned Space Exploration: Should We Give it Up? Do the risks of sending humans into space justify the ends? Is it time to de-emphasize "astronaut science," and to concentrate instead on unmanned missions into space |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Joshua J. Romero |
Mars For The Rest Of Us Better cameras, greater bandwidth, and bigger displays put Mars within reach of armchair explorers and by maximizing what can be done from the ground NASA can make Mars exploration politically sustainable and financially worthwhile. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007
Erik Sofge |
Robot Surgeons From Baghdad to Mars Are Closer Than You Think New robots are being designed to treat wounds that would otherwise be fatal within 30 minutes. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2011
James Oberg |
12 Space Shuttle Missions That Weren't A look at some of the gutsier (and goofier) proposed space shuttle missions |
Geotimes
August 2003
Jan Childress |
Kathryn Sullivan: It's about the journey Kathryn Sullivan has the explorer's hunger to be where the action is -- to see for herself what few others are able or would dare to experience. Her extraordinary career as a deep-sea researcher and astronaut led the National Science Board to present her with its Public Service Award. |
Popular Mechanics
October 28, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Rooting for NASA's Ares I Rockets: Analysis This week, all eyes were on NASA as it conducted the first flight of the Ares I, the first launch vehicle the agency designed since the Space Shuttle. October also witnessed progress in other space launches |
Geotimes
February 2004
David Applegate |
Grand Plan for Another World NASA's new mission to the Moon and Mars could have significant implications for its mission here on Earth. |
Popular Mechanics
October 12, 2009
Erik Sofge |
8 Experts Weigh in on the Future of Human Spaceflight It's now up to NASA to consider the findings, and offer specific recommendations to the Obama administration. |
Smithsonian
August 2005
Anne Broache |
Indelible Images - Footloose The image of Bruce McCandless' spacewalk two decades ago still amazes. It was the first untethered walk ever -- and was among the last. |
Chemistry World
July 2011
Laura Howes |
Beyond the Frontiers In space and Antarctica, planning and running research projects transcends national borders. |
