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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
LightSail 2 launch slips to Fall
The second flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is now scheduled for no earlier than October 30, 2018.
Funpost! Someone is stealing the Enterprise
An appreciation for a scene from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
A brief history of Resource Prospector, NASA's cancelled lunar mission
The mission survived NASA's Journey to Mars era, only to be axed once short-term goals shifted back to the Moon.
Funpost! I do solemnly swear
A far-from-comprehensive look at the oath of office.
Pew pew! Lasers will help determine where LightSail 2 is
The International Laser Ranging Service, or ILRS, will lend its services to the LightSail 2 mission.
Funpost! Can you name a space vehicle for each letter of the alphabet?
There are NASA choices for all letters except Y and Z; for those two, you'll need to go international.
Recap: Breakthrough Discuss 2018
If you had a spaceship and could take it anywhere in the solar system to search for life, where would you go?
Funpost! A funny thing happened on the way to the Moon
A few ripping good yarns from 1969. And a truly terrifying cartoon.
Preview: NASA's TESS prepares for 2-year exoplanet hunting mission
The spacecraft is expected to discover 50 new Earth-sized planets and as many as 500 planets smaller than twice the size of Earth.
Funpost! A milk commercial in space
That time the Russians filmed a milk commercial aboard the Mir space station.
Thursday Funpost! Excerpts from the new book Rocket Billionaires
Did you know NASA required SpaceX to carry life insurance for Elon Musk?
How the heck did NASA (and science) get such a good 2018 budget?
Congress outright rejected most of the Trump administration's controversial science cuts.
Funpost! The transportation of humans to foreign planets
For this week's Funpost, Jason answers 11 questions about humans exploring Mars.
Book Review: The Space Barons
A new book focuses on the eccentric leaders of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic.
LightSail 2 doubles the fun with double integrations
LightSail 2 is integrated in Prox-1! It's another important step toward launch day.
Throwback Thursday Funpost! That time I created work for the ISS crew
An important American flag is lost and found aboard the International Space Station.
If you come at the Space Launch System, you best not miss
Getting NASA out of the rocket business is more complicated than you think.
Throwback Thursday Funpost! A spacewalk in deep space
Only three humans have ever been on a spacewalk in the void between the Earth and Moon.
LightSail 2 launch update
The Planetary Society's solar sailing CubeSat is scheduled to head to space during a 60-day period starting on June 13.
NASA has a Moon landing plan—sort of
It's a gradual, stepped approach, envisioning human spaceflight, planetary science, and commercial partners all working together.