On the Cover: Astronaut Alan Bean clambers around a telescope module on the Skylab space station in 1973. Experience gained in the orbital assembly of space stations and the craft for trips to Mars and the Moon could be applied to building big space telescopes. Write for StarDate Magazine Writer's Guidelines (84K pdf -- free Adobe Acrobat software is required to view the document.)

Visions of Astronomy
One astronomer's ideas on how NASA's new focus on human exploration of the solar system can benefit our studies of the cosmos beyond.

The Gift of Life?
Ten years ago, NASA announced that a chunk of Mars rock known as the Allen Hills meteorite may contain fossilized microscopic life -- a claim remains contentious today.

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• Astronomers Probe Crust, Seek Interior of Neutron Stars
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