The symbolism of the Soviet space program is examined in Cathleen S. Lewis’s cultural history "Cosmonaut". On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to... Read More

Before its retirement in 2011, the US space shuttle was iconic in design—innovative and recognizable. John Bisney and J. L. Pickering chronicle how it came to be in their... Read More

In one of Elizabeth Bishop’s poems, which Bill Belleville quotes, she wrote that Florida is “the state that floats in brackish water / held together by mangrove roots.”... Read More