Ad Astra 2025 Fall
- 16
ZERO-G GOLDMINE
How 25 Years of the ISS is Transforming Life on Earth
By Jordan Strickler - 22
A HOME IN ORBIT
By Bruce McCandless III - 30
A FACTORY IN THE SKY
Orbital Manufacturing Gets Its Moment
By John F. Kross - 39
CHINA’S ORBITAL OUTPOST
The Tiangong Space Station
By Douglas Graham Adler - 42
NASA’S NEWEST ASTRONAUT CLASS
By Douglas Graham Adler - 48
A MONTH ON MARS PART 4
Last Days
By Rod Pyle
- 8
From the Editor:
A QUARTER CENTURY OF WONDER
By Rod Pyle - 10
From the NSS President:
THE FUTURE OF SPACE STATIONS
By Isaac Arthur - 12
From the NSS COO:
THE LEGACY OF THE ISS AND WHAT COMES NEXT
By Dale Skran - 13
A PIVOT TO MARS? Part 2
By Frank White - 63
IN MEMORIAM
A legacy in Spaceflight: Astronaut Jim Lovell
NSS Says Goodbye to Claire McMurray
A Fond Farewell to David Cheuvront - 66
NSS CHAPTERS
- Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek
By Glen Swanson
Reviewed by Douglas G. Adler - On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of U.S. Women Astronautics
By Valerie Neal
Reviewed by Loretta Hall - Cassini’s Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
By Katie Venit
Reviewed by Casey Suire - The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future: What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
By Steven Novella
Reviewed by Dale Skran - Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race
By Christian Davenport
Reviewed by Mark Lardas
Ad Astra 2025 Summer
- 16
ZERO-G GOLDMINE
How 25 Years of the ISS is Transforming Life on Earth
By Jordan Strickler - 22
A HOME IN ORBIT
By Bruce McCandless III - 30
A FACTORY IN THE SKY
Orbital Manufacturing Gets Its Moment
By John F. Kross - 39
CHINA’S ORBITAL OUTPOST
The Tiangong Space Station
By Douglas Graham Adler - 42
NASA’S NEWEST ASTRONAUT CLASS
By Douglas Graham Adler - 48
A MONTH ON MARS PART 4
Last Days
By Rod Pyle
- 8
From the Editor:
A QUARTER CENTURY OF WONDER
By Rod Pyle - 10
From the NSS President:
THE FUTURE OF SPACE STATIONS
By Isaac Arthur - 12
From the NSS COO:
THE LEGACY OF THE ISS AND WHAT COMES NEXT
By Dale Skran - 13
A PIVOT TO MARS? Part 2
By Frank White - 63
IN MEMORIAM
A legacy in Spaceflight: Astronaut Jim Lovell
NSS Says Goodbye to Claire McMurray
A Fond Farewell to David Cheuvront - 66
NSS CHAPTERS
- Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek
By Glen Swanson
Reviewed by Douglas G. Adler - On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of U.S. Women Astronautics
By Valerie Neal
Reviewed by Loretta Hall - Cassini’s Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
By Katie Venit
Reviewed by Casey Suire - The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future: What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
By Steven Novella
Reviewed by Dale Skran - Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race
By Christian Davenport
Reviewed by Mark Lardas