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One Perfect Day at the Kennedy Space Center Jan. 11, 2025
By Bonnie and Bill Neely On a recent trip to the Kennedy Space Center we arrived just after sunrise ... Read More
Happy Martian Halloween! Oct. 24, 2023
Week of Oct. 29 — Nov. 4, 2023 I've always enjoyed Halloween. I mean, how often can we dress ... Read More
The Far Right Has Lost Its Monopoly on Internet Misinformation, and That's Sad Jun. 02, 2023
Much attention in the culture wars tends to focus on how wacky the far right can be when it comes to... Read More
'Moonfall': In Space No One Can Hear You Blowing Money Feb. 04, 2022
The new space-disaster movie "Moonfall" comes with crucial warnings clearly posted. First of all, it... Read More
New Telescope Could Provide a Front-row Seat to the Beginning of the Universe Dec. 31, 2021
The past quarter-century has seen an explosion of mind-blowing advances in human knowledge of deep s... Read More
Small-Town Hero: Remembering John Glenn's Right Stuff Jul. 27, 2021
On July 4, 1997, Sen. John Glenn hosted a lunch for his staff in his hideaway office underneath the ... Read More
April 25, 2021 Apr. 25, 2021
Dear Annie: I am 15 years old and I love your column. Here's my problem: Ever since I was a little g... Read More
Short Takes On Pandemic Tourism and Lunar Loos Jul. 27, 2020
Pandemic, Schmandemic. Visit Missouri ... Gov. Mike Parson has argued forcefully against expanding M... Read More
We Still Look to the Moon ... and Far Beyond Jul. 24, 2019
It seemed like the dawn of a new era 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong took that "one small step" ont... Read More
Man on the Moon Jul. 11, 2019
Week of July 14-20, 2019 It occurred 50 years ago this week. Nearly everyone alive at the time remem... Read More
Space Age Lingo Is Still in Orbit Jul. 10, 2019
As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing blasts off, commentators will surely cite the spa... Read More
Climate-Change Evidence Is Overwhelming. When Will Anti-Science Ideologues Get It? Apr. 26, 2019
Independent satellite records have confirmed ground data showing the past five years to be the hotte... Read More
Short Takes on Mythical Measles and Crowd Sizes Feb. 25, 2019
Cheers for Dirty Hands and Measles? Weekend "Fox & Friends" host Pete Hegseth shocked even his own c... Read More
Signals From Outer Space Jan. 15, 2019
We're taking a break from the increasingly ridiculous game of chicken playing out in Washington and ... Read More
At the Edge of Space, Photos of a Snowman Jan. 08, 2019
Let's pause from the chaos of the U.S. federal government — with its breakdowns and shutdowns ... Read More
NASA Touchdown Nov. 30, 2018
Touchdown. The Mars InSight successfully landed on Mars on Monday after a seven-month journey. It's ... Read More
An Aerospace Engineer Breaks Glass Ceilings Reaching for Stars: An Interview With Aprille Ericsson Apr. 25, 2017
After the success of the Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures," interest in women working in the aer... Read More
Venus and the Moon Return Sep. 29, 2016
Week of October 2-8, 2016 If you haven't yet checked out Venus glistening low in the southwestern sk... Read More
Juno, 'The Hardest Thing NASA's Ever Done' Jul. 12, 2016
In reading about NASA's latest remarkable achievement, orbiting the Juno spacecraft around the plane... Read More
Chasing Star-Filled Dreams Jun. 04, 2016
Dear Annie: I write a blog on science and spaceflight in particular. I had to respond to "Trapped in... Read More
