Spaceflight

Planetary Exploration

“Exploring the Interplanetary Frontier”, Space Views, March 20, 2000 [Article]

“The Beginnings of Planetary Exploration”, The Space Review, Article #1709, October 11, 2010 [Article]

“The Beginnings of Planetary Exploration: The First Probes to Venus”, The Space Review, Article #1779, February 14, 2011 [Article]

“Ranger: Voyage to the Moon and Beyond”, The Space Review, Article #1911, August 22, 2011 [Article]

“If At First You Don’t Succeed… Part I”, The Space Review, Article #2477,  March 24, 2014 [Article]

“If At First You Don’t Succeed… Part II”, The Space Review, Article #2480,  March 31, 2014 [Article]

“…Try, Try Again”, The Space Review, Article #2501, April 28, 2014 [Article]

“The Mission of Zond 2″, The Space Review, Article #2745, May 4, 2015 [Article]

“The Mystery of Zond 2”, Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic, Volume 2, Number 9, April 1991 [Issue]

“The Mission of Zond 3″, The Space Review, Article #2794, July 27, 2015 [Article]

“Recent Soviet Lunar and Planetary Program Revelations”, Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic, Volume 4, Number 10, May 1993 [Issue]

“Viking and The Question of Life on Mars, Part 1” (cover story), SETIQuest, Volume 3, Number 3, pp. 1-6, Third Quarter 1997 [Article]

“Viking and The Question of Life on Mars, Part 2” (cover story), SETIQuest, Volume 3, Number 4, pp. 1-7, Fourth Quarter 1997 [Article]

“The Mysteries of Titan”, The Space Review, Article #1722, November 8, 2010 [Article]

“The ICE Mission: The First Cometary Encounter”, The Space Review, Article #1697, September 20, 2010 [Article]

“Our Spaceflight Heritage: ICE – The First Comet Flyby”, SpaceFlight Insider, September 12, 2018 [Post]

“The Grand Tour: Uranus”, The Space Review, Article #1766, January 24, 2011 [Article]

“A Chance of a Lifetime: The Missions to Comet Halley”, The Space Review, Article #1798, March 14, 2011 [Article]

“The Grand Tour Finale: Neptune”, The Space Review, Article #2586, August 25, 2014 [Article]

“Mars 1994”, Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic, Volume 1, Number 8, March 1990 [Issue]

“Ancient Mars: Latest Evidence for a Habitable Past” (cover story), SETIQuest, Volume 4, Number 3, pp. 1-8, Third Quarter 1998 [Article]

“The Controversy on the Ancient Martian Water Continues”, Marsbugs, Volume 6, Number 4, pp. 1-2, February 27, 1999 [Issue]

“Oceanus Borealis: New Facts for an Old Myth”, New Mars Journal, May 1999 [Article]

“Cruisin’ The Solar System: The Past and Future of Planetary Exploration” (cover story), Ad Astra, Volume 12, Number 2, pp. 25-29, March/April 2000 [Submitted draft]

“Planetary Orbit Insertion Failures Part I”, The Space Review, Article #2533, June 16, 2014 [Article]

“Planetary Orbit Insertion Failures Part II”, The Space Review, Article #2536, June 23, 2014 [Article]

“What about the next Pluto mission?”, The Space Review, Article #2787, July 13, 2015 [Article]

Also see

SETIQuest Publication Watch Collection

 

Lunar Programs

“Operation Mona: America’s First Moon Program”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 4, pp. 3-5, April 1998 [Article]

“The Soviets Reach for the Moon”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 6, pp. 3-5, June 1998 [Article]

“The First Race to the Moon”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 8, pp. 1, 5-6, August 1998 [Article]

“Shooting for the Moon”, Space Views, January 1, 1999 [Article]

“Photographing Luna Incognita”, Space Views, October 15, 1999 [Article]

“Catching Up in the Moon Race”, Space Views, December 15, 1999 [Article]

“The Pioneer Lunar Orbiters: The Forgotten Failures”, The Space Review, Article #1741, December 13, 2010 [Article]

“Heading for the Lunar Surface”, Space Views, January 17, 2000 [Article]

“Ranger: Voyage to the Moon and Beyond”, The Space Review, Article #1911, August 22, 2011 [Article]

“The Difficult Road to the Moon”, The Space Review, Article #2009,  January 23, 2012 [Article]

“Ranger: America’s First Successful Lunar Program”, The Space Review, Article #2446, February 3, 2014 [Article]

“The Mission of Zond 3″, The Space Review, Article #2794, July 27, 2015 [Article]

Also see

The Great Moon Race Collection

 

Manned Programs

“The Beginnings of America’s Man in Space Program”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 10, pp. 3-5, October 1998 [Article]

“The Start of the Manned Space Race”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 11, pp. 3-5, November 1998 [Article]

“Mercury: America’s First Spaceship”, Space Views, April 15, 1999 [Article]

“The First Reusable Spaceship”, Space Views, July 8, 1999 [Article]

“Giving Mercury Wings”, Space Views, September 1, 1999 [Article]

“The X-20 Dyna Soar”, Space Views, November 8, 1999 [Article]

“Mercury’s Competition: Vostok”, Space Views, May 15, 2000 [Article]

“Shenzhou Makes History: China’s Manned Space Program Emerges” (cover story), Ad Astra, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 26-28, January/February 2000 [Submitted draft]

“Shenzhou 2: A Status Report”, Ad Astra, Volume 13, Number 3, pp. 29-31, May/June 2001 [Submitted draft]

“Vostok: An Aerospace Classic”, The Space Review, Article #1821, April 11, 2011 [Article]

“The Space Shuttle and the Dreams of a Ten Year Old”, The Space Review, Article #1879, July 11, 2011 [Article]

Also see

The Great Moon Race Collection

 

Unmanned Programs

“Sputnik 1: The First Man Made Earth Satellite”, Space Views, Volume Year 1997, Number 10, pp. 1,5-8, October 1997 [Article]

“Sputnik 2: The First Animal in Orbit”, Space Views, Volume Year 1997, Number 11, pp. 3-5, November 1997 [Article]

 “Vanguard: America’s Answer to Sputnik”, Space Views, Volume Year 1997, Number 12, pp. 3-5, December 1997 [Article]

“Project Orbiter: Prelude to America’s First Satellite”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 1, pp. 1, 5-7, January 1998 [Article]

“Explorer: America’s First Satellite”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 2, pp. 1, 6-8, February 1998 [Article]

“Vanguard 1: The Little Satellite that Could”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 3, pp. 3-5, March 1998 [Article]

“Sputnik 3: An IGY Orbiting Research Laboratory”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 5, pp. 3-5, May 1998 [Article]

“NOTSNIK: The Navy’s Secret Satellite Program”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 7, pp. 3-5, July 1998 [Article]

“The Talking Atlas”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 12, December 1998 [Article]

“Vanguard and Its Legacy”, Space Views, February 1, 1999 [Article]

“Spy in the Sky”, Space Views, March 1, 1999 [Article]

“The Early Explorers”, Space Views, August 8, 1999 [Article]

“The Promise of MIDAS”, Space Views, February 21, 2000 [Article]

“TIROS: The First Weather Satellite”, Space Views, April 24, 2000 [Article]

“The US Navy in the Space Age”, Space Views, June 26, 2000 [Article]

“The Hubble Space Telescope and the Search for Faint Extrasolar Companions” (cover story),  SETIQuest, Volume 3, Number 2, pp. 1-9, Second Quarter 1997 [Article]

“Detecting Habitable Planets: The Next Decade” (cover story), SETIQuest, Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 1-6, First Quarter 1998 [Article]

“Shenzhou 2: A Status Report”, Ad Astra, Volume 13, Number 3, pp. 29-31, May/June 2001 [Submitted draft]

“Satellites, Types of”, Space Sciences for Students – Volume 1: Space Business, McGraw-Hill, pp 188-191, 2002 [Entry]

“Cancelled Projects: RAMOS – The Russian American Observation Satellites”, Tiros Space Information – News Bulletin, Volume 40, Number 1, pp. 6-11, October 2014 [Issue]

“Vostok: An Aerospace Classic”, The Space Review, Article #1821, April 11, 2011 [Article]

 

Rockets & Propulsion

“Sputnik 1: The First Man Made Earth Satellite”, Space Views, Volume Year 1997, Number 10, pp. 1,5-8, October 1997 [Article]

 “Vanguard: America’s Answer to Sputnik”, Space Views, Volume Year 1997, Number 12, pp. 3-5, December 1997 [Article]

“Project Orbiter: Prelude to America’s First Satellite”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 1, pp. 1, 5-7, January 1998 [Article]

“NOTSNIK: The Navy’s Secret Satellite Program”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 7, pp. 3-5, July 1998 [Article]

“Juno V: The Early History of a Super Booster”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 9, pp. 1, 7-8, September 1998 [Article]

“The Start of the Manned Space Race”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 11, pp. 3-5, November 1998 [Article]

“The Talking Atlas”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 12, December 1998 [Article]

“The Beginnings of Planetary Exploration”, The Space Review, Article #1709, October 11, 2010 [Article]

“Vanguard and Its Legacy”, Space Views, February 1, 1999 [Article]

“Saturn’s Growing Pains”, Space Views, May 1, 1999 [Article]

“When the Atomic Age Met the Space Age”, Space Views, July 8, 1999 [Article]

“Old Reliable: The Story of the Redstone”, The Space Review, Article #1836, May 2, 2011 [Article]

“A Potent New Solid Rocket Propellant?”, Space Views, Volume Year 1998, Number 9, September 1998 [Article]

“Getting There is Half the Fun – The Evolution of Heavy Lift Rockets”, Ad Astra, Volume 13, Number 2, pp. 36-39, March/April 2001 [Submitted draft]

“Rocket Engines”, Space Sciences for Students – Volume 1: Space Business, McGraw-Hill, pp 177-180, 2002 [Entry]

Also see

The Great Moon Race Collection