If you live in the New York City area, save the date for April 7, when LAUNCH Magazine presents a special screening of the acclaimed documentary, The Wonder of It All. The film, directed by Jeffrey Roth, includes inspirational interviews with seven of the 12 men who walked on the Moon.

Already confirmed in attendance for the screening will be Apollo 14 moonwalker Edgar Mitchell, along with Apollo 7's Walt Cunningham, film director Jeffrey Roth and writer Andrew Chaiken, author of A Man on the Moon, the book that inspired Tom Hanks's series, From the Earth to the Moon.  A special VIP reception will be held before the screening at the Picture House in Westchester County, New York.

Tickets go on sale in mid-March at www.thepicturehouse.org. Look for more details later at that website and also here at www.launchmagonline.com.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk takes center stage in an exclusive interview with LAUNCH Magazine in the upcoming May/June issue. With his company already scheduled to fly unmanned resupply missions to the International Space Station after NASA’s shuttle fleet is retired, Musk tells LAUNCH that SpaceX is determined to ferry human crews there as well. SpaceX’s plans could solve the coming gap in which NASA may be forced to pay Russia to transport American crews to the ISS after the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010. "This is really something that should be brought to the attention of the American people because I don't think most people realize that there is this problem,” Musk tells LAUNCH.

In a separate feature, writer Ted Spitzmiller looks back at the success and failures of the shuttle program while contributing editor Ben Bova examines the growing concern over the militarization of space.

And LAUNCH continues it signature interview format with an in-depth question-and-answer feature with Quest Aerospace owner Bill Stine, who discusses his firm’s strategy to reach a new generation of model rocketeers. Stine looks back on the legacy of his father, G. Harry Stine, founder of the National Association of Rocketry.

LAUNCH’s own expert  space modeler, Mario Perdue, turns his attention to NASA’s next generation rockets—Ares I and Ares V. Perdue builds 1/70th-scale, flying versions of both vehicles.

Look for all of this, and much more, in the May/June issue of LAUNCH. Coming Soon!

MM Publishing Inc., owner and publisher of LAUNCH Magazine, has just released the company's first issue of Ad Astra, the award-winning official publication of the National Space Society. The issue, with an in-depth special report on space-based solar power, is on its way to NSS members now.

Although Ad Astra is in its 18th year of publication, this is the first time the editing and publishing duties have been handled by MM Publishing. Not only is the magazine larger, going from 48 pages to 68 pages, it is also being produced on heavier, glossier paper stock.

"I believe NSS members will notice an immediate change for the better in the production and content of the magazine," said MM Publishing President Mark Mayfield. "It's truly a thrill to have this new partnership with NSS."

To join the National Space Society, please visit www.nss.org .

Whether you bought a copy of LAUNCH Magazine on a newsstand, subscribed, or advertised with us, we thank you for your support in 2007. And we wish you and your loved ones a very Happy New Year!