DEPARTMENTS VIEWPOINT- Astronaut Walter Cunningham on NASA’s looming hiatus SPACE MODELING - Mario Perdue brings the Rocketplane XP down to scale NEWS- Russian space program expert James Oberg questions whether Russia is serious about ending its $20 million-plus “spare seat” joyrides WHAT'S HOT - The latest in books, gizmos, and electronics
FEATURES A DAY WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC - The “LAUNCH crew,” joined by Apollo 7’s Walter Cunningham, checks out Richard Branson’s new plans for space tourism by Mark Mayfield TRUE PIONEERS - A look back at the Pioneer spacecraft, which ultimately paved the way for the exploration of the Solar System by Ted Spitzmiller MODEL ROCKET MAN - Questions and answers with Bill Simon who, as a young designer and journalist in the 1960s, helped turn kids and their parents into model rocketeers by Mark Mayfield THE POLITICS BEHIND NASA'S HISTORY - The ultimate who, what, where, when, and why of the space agency’s first 50 years by Ben Bova
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