Slideshow: The Art of Failure 2009
A microscopic menagerie from damaged devices
Mars Movies: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous
Spectrum's guide to Mars movies
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Under the Red Spell
Steve Squyres, the principal scientist in charge of Spirit and Opportunity, explains how he fell in love with Mars and why humans need to go
The Son in Orbit
Richard Garriott reflects on his visit to the International Space Station and on growing up with an astronaut dad
A Dry Run at Mars
Scientists prepare for the challenges of sending humans to Mars by staging simulations right here on Earth
The Evolution of the Space Suit
When Fashion Is a Matter of Life or Death
Geeks in Space
They made their fortunes in engineering. Now they're spending them on space
Costa Rica's Radical Rocket
Getting to Mars' or anywhere else in the solar system-may be easier with Ad Astra Rocket Co.'s plasma thruster
Slideshow: How to Go to Mars--Right Now!
Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct approach argues for a series of human missions to Mars that could start as soon as 2014
Warp Speed, Mr. Sulu
If it can push a spacecraft, engineers are trying to harness it to fly through space