A Tour of the Solar System
By Fenella Saunders
December 22, 2022
From The Staff Astronomy Communications Special Collections
Over the years, American Scientist has been honored with articles from authors who are science leads on numerous NASA missions. For instance, in 1972, the magazine featured articles by Apollo 15 astronaut Joseph Allen on that Moon mission, and rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun on the then-upcoming Space Shuttle program. In the magazine’s more recent history, going back to 2000, we’ve had articles that feature every planet in the Solar System, plus a number of other bodies orbiting our Sun, authored by prominent astrophysicists, so we have compiled this focused collection that looks at our home system from the Sun at the center to its outermost reaches.
Fenella Saunders
Editor-in-Chief
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