Tell us about why you love space exploration, what got you excited in the first place, what inspires you, or whatever you would like to share with your community of space fans!
We’re looking for images you’ve taken of your sky—whether those images are of galaxies captured through a telescope or perhaps pictures of an incredible night sky, an eclipse, a star party, or a rocket launch. We can’t guarantee that we’ll publish every image and story—but we will look at each and every one and will showcase as many as possible here on our website and a few might make it to our magazine, The Planetary Report. We look forward to seeing your Sky.
Earths natural satellite, Luna, in it's Waxing Gibbous phase.
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A montage of the eclipse as seen from Glenrock, WY
September 20, 2017
Dear Planetary Society members: It's very nice to meet you! There are three of us in this story: Zack, Giovanna, and John. The universe blows our mind! So does all the ways humans are exploring it. We never want people to lose the spirit of exploration and doing the impossible, like landing a person on the moon, and soon--hopefully--elsewhere. Currently we are trying to capture that spirit in a new documentary feature called WHEN WE WERE APOLLO. It features new stories from a few of Apollo's 400,000-strong workforce that have never been heard before. In the film, the Apollo generation ... more »
August 25, 2017
My name is Norman Ritter. I am a member of the Archenold observatory in Berlin Germany. Every time I look deep into the night sky with my 2 little sons and my wife, we are able to understand how precious life is on our earth. We are happy to also be members of The Planetary Society. Without Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dr. Josef Martin Graßner, and Bill Nye, our passion wouldn't have found its way up into the sky. With the help of the astronomy, I wish for everyone's daily view to change into the view of a star explorer.
... more »August 1, 2017
In 1950 or so, an article about the Haydn Planetarium appeared (in the NY Times as best I recall), featuring a presentation currently at the Planetarium about the future of space exploration. As part of its promotion of that event, the article contained a reservation form, to be cut out and returned to the Planetarium. It offered a choice of reserving a place on the first expedition to the moon or on the first expedition to Mars. I signed up for Mars, and mailed my reservation in to the Haydn Planetarium; I’m waiting patiently.
At age 10, as I was then, ... more »
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LightSail 2 launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Be part of this epic point in space exploration history!