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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.
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.
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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
The Blog Issue
Stories from AGU, by Emily Lakdawalla; Surveyor Digitization Project, by Jason Davis; The Solar System at 1 Kilometer Per Pixel, by Emily Lakdawalla; That in the World(s) are Tholins? by Sarah Hörst; Colors in Planetary Imaging, by Travis Rector; Do You Vote for Space? by Casey Dreier
Exploration Milestones
The Year in Pictures, by Emily Lakdawalla; How Can We Write About Science When People Are Dying? by Nadia Drake; More Important Than Ever, by Casey Dreier; Planetary Deep Drill Field Test, by Bruce Betts
More to Explore: We've Only Just Begun!
The Extraordinary Pace of Progress, by Jennifer Vaughn; From the Archives, by Donna Stevens; Humans Orbiting Mars, by Casey Dreier; Drilling and Imaging Updates, by Bruce Betts
We Did It!
A Perfect Launch, by Doug Stetson; Pushing Back the Frontier, by Jason Davis; A Wider View, by Jason Rhodes; Crowdfunding Success, by Richard Chute; Protecting Our World, by Bruce Betts; Humans Orbiting Mars, by Casey Dreier
Maiden Voyage
Countdown, by Jason Davis; Stories in Stone, by Barbara Cohen; Protecting Our Planet, by Bruce Betts; We're On Our Way to Europa, by Casey Dreier
The Year in Pictures
It's Time to Get Moving...Forward! by Richard Chute; The Year in Pictures, by Emily Lakdawalla; The Exploration Desert, by Casey Dreier; Ceres, by Andy Rivkin; The Planetary Deep Drill, by Bruce Betts