Explore Worlds
Find Life
Defend Earth
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.
This quarterly magazine reaches members of The Planetary Society all over the world, with news about planetary missions, spacefaring nations, intrepid explorers, planetary science controversies and the latest findings in humankind's exploration of the solar system.
The Planetary Report is made possible by the generosity of Planetary Society members. If you're not already a member, please join today!
Download a subject index to the first 20 years of The Planetary Report (1980-2001)
Past Issues of The Planetary Report
Return to the Rings
Encounter Diary, by Anita M. Sohus; Return to the Rings, by Richard J. Terrile; Radio Science at Saturn, by Von R. Eshelman and G. L. Tyler; Planetfest '81: Celebration and Hope, by Linda Bridge Beek; Understanding the Earth's Weather and Climate, by Moustafa T. Chahine
We Are The Martians
Where Next? The Exploration of the Terrestrial Planets, by Bruce Murray, Michael C. Malin, and Ronald Greeley; Earth-Approaching Asteroids: Resource or Hazard? by Brian O'Leary; Mars—A Human Outpost, by Leonard David; From Dust to Cinders—A Life of the Solar System, by Stewart Nozette; Missions to the Far Outer Planets, by Susan J. Kovach; A Talk with Freeman Dyson, by Freeman Dyson and James D. Burke
Europa
Deep Space Exploration and the Space Shuttle, by James D. Burke; Solar Sailing: A Frontier Transportation System, by Chauncey Uphoff; The Special Case of Galileo Galilei, by Maureen Miller; Ice Worlds, by Michael C. Malin; Giant Landslides in the Mariner Valley on Mars, by Conway Snyder
Comet West
The Halley Swarm, by Jacques Blamont; Saturn, by Diane Ackerman; Weather on Jupiter, by Garry E. Hunt
Titan's Atmosphere
NASA's Lost Horizons, by Bruce Murray; Titan—A World Unto Itself, by Charlene Anderson; Planetary Weather Report—The Atmosphere of Titan, by Garry E. Hunt; Saturn's Rings: A Voyager Update, by Jeffrey Cuzzi; Global Altimetry Map of Venus, by Stewart Nozette
Approach to Saturn
Space Exploration: Is it Worth the Cost? by Bruce Murray; The Adventure of the Planets, by Carl Sagan; The Mysteries of Saturn, by David Morrison; More Than Meets the Eye, by Torrance Johnson; The Last Pictures from Viking Orbiter 1, by James A. Cutts and Karl R. Blasius