Space
These are adventures that take place in outer space — the final frontier.

Send your name to Mars
Join Scott on his mission to Mars. Well… really it is just his name etched in silicon that will be going on NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover, but anyone can join.

Spot the International Space Station
Here is an easy backyard adventure that I have done 3 times already. You can easily spot the International Space Station flying overhead. It looks a lot like a fast airplane except that’s a lot higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour.

Imagine standing on Mars
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to stand on Mars? Now you don’t have to thanks to this month’s featured Argonaut, the Curiosity Rover. Stand on Mars in this virtual reality panoramic image.

Mars One Failure to Launch
The good news is that I won’t have to eat worms and algae for the rest of my life; the bad news is that I failed to qualify for the next round of Mars One.

Alien Landscapes: How to Visit Another Planet Without Leaving Earth
As kids, we all dream of blasting off in a rocket ship headed for other worlds. Perhaps it was the romance of discovery or the desire to escape.

Martian Babies
When my girlfriend found out I qualified to be a Martian astronaut she wasn’t supportive. “Honey, just think, we could have the first Martian babies ever!” and other funny things people say.

705 Mars One Applicants Remain — Scott is one of them
705 Mars astronaut candidates remain for the Mars One mission to colonize Mars. Scott Stoll is one of them. It’s a one-way trip.

My Quest to Bicycle Mars
In case you didn’t hear, I made round 2.5 of the Mars One project and my quest to be the first person to bicycle two planets. Listen to my NPR interview.

The universe’s most amazing photo
10 years later and this is still the most amazing image I have ever seen, the most faraway reaches of our universe ever photographed. In this tiny pinprick of one of the darkest regions of the sky, are 10,000 galaxies.

1,058 Mars One applicants make first cut
I am one of the 297 people selected from the United States, half which are woman and about 75 in my age group. I am excited to be part of this! Even in a thousand years everyone will remember the first trip to Mars.

Scott Applies to be Mars astronaut
Scott applied to go to Mars and help establish a colony in 2023 — and so can you! Here is my application letter and video — it’s about inspiring humanity.

A true space pioneer: Dennis Tito
Our columnist Brook Mantia welcomes a a true space pioneer, Dennis Tito, back to Earth.