Go deeper into the stories of Astronomy magazine. These online features bring you additional research, interviews, photos, and more our editors turned up while creating the stories for this issue.
 | Associate Editor Daniel Pendick discusses the weather on Mars.
Published: June 22, 2009 |
 | Learn more about the lives and ideas of Joan Najita and Frank Shu.
By
Karri Ferron //
Published: June 22, 2009 |
 | To get more bang for our buck, the space agency launches two missions at once.
By
Michael E. Bakich //
Published: June 22, 2009 |
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NASA has developed detailed plans for sending humans back to our nearest celestial neighbor.
By
Richard Talcott //
Published: June 22, 2009 |
 | The return to the Moon could be a useful steppingstone to Mars - or a costly and unnecessary delay.
By
Daniel Pendick //
Published: June 22, 2009 |
 | The effects of long-term exposure to space radiation and low gravity are still uncertain.
By
Daniel Pendick //
Published: June 22, 2009 |