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Vol. 28, No. 4, July/August 2008
Containing feature articles by Charles Kennel; Louis D. Friedman; Berrien Moore; Michael D. King; Richard C. J. Somerville
Planet Earth Special Issue with Guest Editor Charles F. Kennel; Earth is, After All, a Planet, by Charles F. Kennel and Louis D. Freidman; The Earth's Changing Environment as Seen From Space, by Michael D. King; Connecting Policy and Science: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by Richard C. J. Sommerville; As Riders on Earth Together: Monitoring Our Changing Planet, by Berrien Moore III
Vol. 28, No. 3, May/June 2008
Containing feature articles by James D. Burke; Bruce Betts; Michael Carroll; Rosaly Lopes
NASA at 50: A Personal View, by James D. Burke; LIFE Flying to Phobos and Back! by Bruce Betts; Alien Volcanoes—A Solar System Tour, by Michael Carrol and Rosaly M. C. Lopes
Vol. 28, No. 2, March/April 2008
Containing feature articles by Robert Farquhar; Peter Smith
Opinion—On the Road to Mars: Three Stepping Stones and a Stumbling Block, by Robert Farquhar; A Message to the Future: Visions of Mars, by Peter Hollingsworth Smith; Annual Report to Our Members
Vol. 28, No. 1, January/February 2008
Containing feature articles by Emily Lakdawalla; Tilmann Denk; Amy Simon-Miller
Global Upheaval on Jupiter: Change is Good! by Amy Simon-Miller; Titan's North Polar Seas, by Emily Stewart Lakdawalla; Cassini at Iapetus: A Bumpy But Successful Flyby, by Tilmann Denk
Vol. 27, No. 6, November/December 2007
Containing feature articles by André Bormanis; Andrea Carroll; Emily Lakdawalla
Worlds Beyond, by Andre Bormanis; A Night to Remember: The Planetary Society's 2007 Awards Celebration, by Andrea Carroll; 2007—The Year in Pictures, by Emily Stewart Lakdawalla
Vol. 27, No. 5, September/October 2007
Containing feature articles by James D. Burke; Louis D. Friedman
The Age of Space—A Fifty-Year Joyride, by James D. Burke; Out of This World Books; Defining a Global Strategy for Space Exploration, by Louis D. Friedman
Vol. 27, No. 4, July/August 2007
Containing feature articles by Tim Parker; Susan Lendroth; Bob Pappalardo
Searching for Ourselves on Mars: Finding the Viking and Mars Pathfinder Landing Sites from Orbit, by Timothy J. Parker; Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future, by Susan Lendroth; Oceans in the Outer Solar System—And Not a Drop to Drink, by Robert Pappalardo
Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June 2007
Containing feature articles by Bruce Betts; Amir Alexander; Charlene Anderson; Matt Golombek
The Pioneer Anomaly—A Mystery of Cosmic Proportions, by Bruce Betts; Searching for E.T. and the Cure for Cancer, by Amir Alexander and Charlene M. Anderson; Spirit and Opportunity—Martian Geologists, by Matt Golombek
Vol. 27, No. 2, March/April 2007
Containing feature articles by Doug Ellison; A.J.S. Rayl; Neil deGrasse Tyson
In the Dark at the Red Planet, by Doug Ellison; Europe's First Trip to Mars, by A.J.S. Rayl; Annual Report to Our Members, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Vol. 27, No. 1, January/February 2007
Containing feature articles by Buzz Aldrin; David Stevenson; Louis D. Friedman; Chris McKay
Why Return to the Moon? by Buzz Aldrin; Lunar Mysteries Beckon, by Dave Stevenson; Destination Moon: An International Effort, by Louis D. Friedman; To Mars by Way of the Moon, by Christopher P. McKay
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