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The Planetary Report is the internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively articles and full-color photos to provide comprehensive coverage of discoveries on Earth and other planets.
This quarterly magazine reaches members of The Planetary Society all over the world, with news about planetary missions, spacefaring nations, intrepid explorers, planetary science controversies and the latest findings in humankind's exploration of the solar system.
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Download a subject index to the first 20 years of The Planetary Report (1980-2001)
Past Issues of The Planetary Report
View from Columbia
How Will We Go? The Future of Human Spaceflight, by Louis Friedman; A Shuttle Mission Like No Other, by Amir Alexander; Stand By! We're Landing on Titan, by Chris McKay
To the Stars!
To the Stars! by Louis Friedman; The Stars Our Destination? The Feasibility of Interstellar Travel, by Robert Forward; Bridging the Gap: A Discussion with Freeman Dyson
Laser "Footprints" on Mars
Shedding Light on the Red Planet: Science Findings From the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, by Maria Zuber, David Smith and James Abshire; Oceans, Ice Shells, and Life on Europa, by Paul Schenk; Breaking New Ground: Red Rover Goes to Mars, by Bruce Betts
Voyager Special Issue
Voyager: An End and a New Beginning, by Bruce Murray; Voyager: A Grand Mission, by Ellis Miner; Voyager: A Message From Earth, by Timothy Ferris
Radar "Eyes"
The Mars Odyssey Continues, by Bruce Betts; Extra! Extra! Read All About It: Extrasolar Planets on the Rise! by Steve Howell; Taking the Measure of Microworlds, by Robert Burnham
From Earth to Mars
Mars Microphone Files Again, by Greg Delory; From Earth to Mars Part Two: Robots and Humans Working Together, by Pascal Lee; Student Navigators Train with the Best, by Emily Stewart Lakdawalla