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
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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
A Team of Engineers, a Hardy Robot, the Moon
A day in the life of a Carnegie Mellon robotics team-and its lunar rover
What I Did at Cosmonaut Training Camp
Would-be space tourist Esther Dyson spends five months at Russia's cosmonaut college
Abraham Lincoln the Inventor
Lincoln's engineering and technical innovation were essential in shaping his outlook
Life on 150 Watts
In Fiji, two reformed city-dwellers go off the grid with a nano-hydroelectric turbine