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The Planetary Report is the internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively articles and full-color photos to provide comprehensive coverage of discoveries on Earth and other planets.
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Download a subject index to the first 20 years of The Planetary Report (1980-2001)
Past Issues of The Planetary Report
Mariner 2 Anniversary Issue
Remembering Mariner 2 by J. N. James; The Race to Venus and Mars, by James D. Burke; How We Discovered That Venus is Hot, by Carl Sagan; Mariner 2 and the Discovery of the Solar Wind, by Marcia Neugebauer; Highlights of the Venera Missions to Venus, by M. Ya. Marov; Venus in 2002, by James D. Burke
Mars at Crescent
Sounds from Space, by Frederick L. Scarf; Charting a Course for Spaceship Earth: Humankind in the Solar System, by Brian O'Leary; The Viking Legacy, by John Spencer; A Talk with Burt Edelson, by Louis Friedman
Sampling the Moon
Discovering an Asteroid, by Eleanor F. Helin; The Care and Feeding of Lunar Samples: The Lunar Curatorial Facility, by Michael Drake; Harold Clayon Urey, by Carl Sagan
Mount St. Helens
Volcanism in the Solar System, by Michael H. Carr; A Talk with George Keyworth, by Louis Friedman; Soviets Host International SETI Conference, by Jon Lomberg
South Pole of Io
A Talk with Hans Mark, by Louis Friedman; Comments on the Crisis in Planetary Exploration, by Carl Sagan; A Talk with Eugene Levy, by Louis Friedman; Detour Assists Galileo Mission, by Louis Friedman; Arabian Astronomy, by Farouk El-Baz
Saturn's Atmosphere
U.S. Space Science and Technology, by James A. Van Allen; Weather on Saturn—The Second Voyager Look, by Garry E. Hunt; Probing Saturn's Rings, by Arthur L. Lane, Richard B. Pomphrey, and Larry W. Esposito; DPS Notes: A Report from the Division for Planetary Sciences, by Jon Lomberg