To see all of Spectrum's special report Remembering Sputnik, 50 Years Later, go to http://spectrum.ieee.org/sputnik.
Secrets of Sputnik
Virgin Galactic's Spacecraft Goes Supersonic in First Rocket Test
Virgin Galactic's promise of space tourism creep closer with a rocket-powered flight test
Join the NASA International Space Apps Challenges
Fifty contests mean there's an event for every technical bent
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Details Emerge of Chang’e-2 Asteroid Encounter
Some—but not all—of the mystery surrounding the flight is cleared up
Answers from Mars
PBS NOVA documentary highlights the engineers behind the Mars missions.
Russia Tests Quick Trip to Space Station
Two-day trip to be compressed to 6 hours—but it might complicate international cooperation
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China's To-Do List This Week: Dock With Space Lab, Explore Mariana Trench
Two exploration exploits fuel national pride
New Communication Tech for Deep-Space Missions
The limits of the speed of light could overturn decades of NASA mission management
Dragon Capsule Docked with ISS
And there was much rejoicing
Dragon Capsule Lined Up for Docking
After capture by ISS' robotic arm, maneuvered into position
A Good Day for Elon Musk
A successful SpaceX rocket launch, an ahead-of-schedule delivery announced for the Tesla Model S, makes for a happy entrepreneur.
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Billionaires Seeking Otherworldly Riches
That glint in their eyes is stardust—the kind you might get by grinding up an asteroid
Scotch in Space
Ardbeg Distillary makes space scotch, but no one gets to drink it
Deflecting Asteroids
A solar sail could use light to nudge an earthbound rock into an orbit we could live with
Did Bad Memory Chips Down Russia’s Mars Probe?
Moscow blames radiation wreckage on an SRAM chip, but does it add up?
Russian Probe Crash Sparks New Controversy
Official Moscow statements about the touchdown location and cause of the original failure revive Soviet-era propaganda themes
To Mars and Back Again
Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission - which aims to return to Earth with samples of the Martian moon Phobos - is set to launch this week
Virtual Mission to Mars Ends
An International team of space explorers comes out of isolation after mimicking a long-distance space mission
China Launches First Space Lab Module
Successful blast-off is a step toward China's permanent space station
Armored Spacecraft Sets Course for Jupiter
Ensuring that NASA's Juno spacecraft could withstand Jupiter's harsh radiation environment came with a few challenges
Six Things We Lose With the End of the Shuttle Program
The shuttle's all-but-irreplaceable capabilities made it a vehicle that performed in unforeseen situations
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