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January: Exploring New Worlds

• Exploring New Worlds: ISDC 2006 Planning Continues to Soar, by Lisa Kaspin.
• In Memoriam: Challenger, by Robert Gounley
• Beyond the Edge: From Stardust to Pluto...and Beyond, by Robert Gounley
• Special Crossword Puzzle, SPACES, by Diane Rhodes

February: Gathering Stardust

• Craft Returns to Earth After "Gathering Stardust" by Steve Bartlett
• SETI&home Going BOINC, by Craig Ward
• The Beauty of Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF), by Robert Gounley
• Space Calendar and Sky Watch

March: Exploring Mars

• Nowhere to Hide: Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter Brings Up Closer to the Red Planet, by Robert Gounley
• Lecture Review: James G. Maser, Sea Lanuch Company, by Robert Brodsky
• Space Calendar and Sky Watch

April: Space Day National Design Competition

• Space Day National Design Competition 2006: 8th-graders Win First Place with Hydrogen-Fueled Mars Roving Ship
• On the Medical Front by Robert Gounley
• President's Message, by Craig Ward
• OASIS Space Calendar and Sky Watch

May: Best ISDC Ever!

• ISDC 2006: The Most Popular ISDC Offers Something for Every Space Enthusiast, by Lisa Kaspin
• ISDC 2006: The Best Ever, by Mark Hopkins
• Images from ISDC 2006
• OASIS LECTURE SERIES: Racing to a Rocket-Powered Finish: XCOR Engineer Talks on Rocket Racing League, by Steve Bartlett
• OASIS Space Calendar and Sky Watch

June: The Return to the Moon

• "The Return to the Moon": Flags and Footprints, or New Frontier?, by Lisa Kaspin
• President's Message: What Next? by Craig Ward
• ISDC 2006: More Highlights
• Space on the Streets, by Steve Bartlett
• OASIS Space Calendar and Sky Watch

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July: The Discovery Flight of Stephanie D. Wilson

• Stephanie’s Turn, by Robert Gounley
• Who Knew?, by Robert Brodsky
• President’s Message: Ships at Sea, by Craig Ward
• OASIS Space Calendar and Sky Watch

August: Summer Picnic

• The OASIS MER Model Project, by Steve Bartlett
• Member Donates Space Memorabilia
• OASIS Summer Picnic
• OASIS Space Calendar and Sky Watch

January: New routines

• A Few Scenes from Mojave Spaceport, by Doug Jones
• I Hereby Resolve…, by H.L. Moonbeam, (a.k.a Space Curmudgeon)
• The Sight and Sounds of a Distant Moon, by Steve Bartlett

February: Sea & Space

• Editor's Log: Space, Ship, by Kat Tanaka
• Showdown: Hubble vs. Control, by Robert Gounley
• Special: Sea Launch Photographs

March: Unexpected Treasures

• A Hidden Gem in North Hollyword, by Steve Bartlett
• Editor's Log: Zero-Gee, High Seas, by Kat Tanaka
• Chronicles of a Would-Be Space Entrepreneur, by Steve Bartlett
• President's Message: Try Something New, by Craig E. Ward

April: Generations to come

• City in Space, Student Designed, by Steve Bartlett
• Editor's Log:... We Have a Problem , by Kat Tanaka
• Going to Space on the Flying Trapeze, by Steve Bartlett
• President's Message: Nuts and Bolts, by Craig E. Ward

May: Renewed endeavors

• Foam and Other Factors—Shuttle Return to Flight, by Steve Bartlett
• Editor's Log: Drifting Away Again..., by Kat Tanaka
• Chronicles of a Would-be Space Entrepreneur, by Steve Bartlett
• President's Message: We Don't Need Superman, We Need Clark Kent!, by Craig E. Ward

June: Views from Orbit

• A Ringside Seat, by Robert Gounley
• Nuts and Bolts and Foam, by Grant Hovey
• Taking the High and (Mount) Lowe Roads, by Steve Bartlett

July: Pushing the Edges

• Killer Pizza from Mars, by Robert Gounley
• Judging the X-Prize, by Robert Gounley
• Chronicles of a Would-Be Space Entrepreneur, Part 2, by Steve Bartlett

August: Picnics and Polliwogs

• OASIS Celebrates Its 27^th Anniversary, by Steve Bartlett
• How Big is Space?, by Bob Gounley
• Editor's Log: Close Enough to Feel, by Kat Tanaka

September: Top of the World

• Top of the World...Following the Spirit Rover's Path on Mars, by Robert Gounley.
• Chronicles of a Would-Be Space Entrepreneur, Part 3, by Steve Bartlett.
• President's Message: Volunteers Make It So.

October: Exploration at Exposition Park

• Exploration at Exposition Park, by Steve Bartlett.
• Movie Review: Magnificant Desolation: A Walk on the Moon, by Jeff Hamilton.
• Space on the Web, by Lisa Kaspin

November: Orbital Mechanics for Real People

• OASIS Lecture Series: Space Researcher Explains "Orbital Machanics for Real People", by Steve Bartlett.
• Lecture Review: Spirit and Opportunity's Excellent Adventure in Mars Geology, by Grant Hovey.
• Moving Day, by Annonymous.
• President's Message: ISDC 2006: Exploring Together.

December: LOSCON Special Issue

• Spaceships Over LAX: OASIS Invades LosCon, by Steve Bartlett.
• Lecture Review: Greg Davidson: Metrics for Measuring NASA Performance, by Lisa Kaspin and Bob Brodsky.
• OASIS Sponsors Junior Rocket Scientist League at LosCon by Tina Beychok.

January 2004: Space, Space, Everywhere

• The One to Watch, by Robert Gounley
• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett
• Interview: Dr. Brian Glass (Part 2)

February 2004: Looking Ahead

• What Gets Left Behind?, by Robert Gounley
• How Do We Do It?, by George Osorio
• Rover Project Update
• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett

March 2004: Look, up in the sky!

• XCOR Marks the Spot, by Steve Bartlett
• "And the Winners are..." OASIS' First Student Art Contest
• Space is SO Totally Awesome!, by Tina Beychok

April 2004: Space on Earth

• From Pasadena to Saturn and Beyond by Steve Bartlett
• Let's Go Exploring! by Robert Gounley
• Taking It to the Classroom by Kat Tanaka

May 2004: Right Next Door

• Another Step Closer, by Tina Beychok
• Mars Exploration Rover Project: A Status Report, by Steve Bartlett
• A Personal Tour, by Gregory Slaughter
• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett

June 2004: Tomorrow begins today

• Cruisin' the Interplanetary Superhighway, by Steve Bartlett
• Finish Your Vegetables, Or No Spacewalk, by Tina Beychok
• The President's Message, by Steve Bartlett

July 2004: Going Boldly

• Go, Burt, Go! by Robert Gounley
• Where the Falcon Gets Its Wings: OASIS Visits SpaceX by Steve Bartlett
• The Pale Green Line by Robert Gounley

August 2004: Reaching Out to Space

• Mars Comes to Manhattan Beach by Steve Bartlett
• High Hopes for Don Quijote by Robert Gounley

September 2004: Worthy Endeavors

• The Pale Green Line, Pt. 2, by Robert Gounley
• Lighter Side of Space, by Tina Beychok
• President's Message: Not Because They are Easy, by Steve Bartlett

October 2004: Prize-winning

• Dawn of a New Space Age, by Kat Tanaka
• OASIS Lecture Series: Space Dreams Take Flight for Southland Schools, by Steve Bartlett
• A Rocketeer from the Past, by Robert Gounley

November 2004: What a Wonderful World

• Full of Thanks, by Steve Bartlet
• President's Message: Three Years, Steve Bartlett
• Supporting the Vision, by Craig E. Ward

December 2004: Out of Darkness, Light

• Martian Cake and a Didgeridoo, Too!, by David Bliss
• OASIS Lecture Series: Discovering Martian "Corps" Values, Steve Bartlett
• Book Review: The Mercury 13, by Craig E. Ward

January 2003

• Roving the Surface of Burbank: OASIS at the 2002 Loscon Convention, by Steve Bartlett
• To See the Stars, by Robert Gounley
• Medical Care in Microgravity, by Tina Beychok

February 2003

• President's Message,
  by Steve Bartlett
• Columbia Forever!,
  by Diane Rhodes
• Lest We Forget,
  by Robert Gounley
• Something of Value,
  by Hal Walker
• Readers' Forum

March 2003

• President's Message
• "The Space Station Needs a Lifeboat!"
  Says OASIS Speaker, by Steve Bartlett
• OC-NSS Hosts Columbia Forum, by Steve Bartlett
• Medical Care in Microgravity, by Tina Beychok

April 2003

• Hunting Worlds Unseen, by Craig E. Ward
• Probing Distant Shoals, by Robert Gounley
• Looking for Breakthroughs (in All the Wrong Places), by Robert Gounley
• Medical Care in Microgravity, by Tina Beychok

May 2003

• Go to A Starry Night, by Steve Bartlett
• Cerritos Teacher Visits Mars Via Utah, by Steve Bartlett
• Educator Astronaut Essays by Phil Turek

June 2003

• OASIS Supports ISDC, by Steve Bartlett
• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett
• Seven New Stars, transcript of speech by Professor Barry McCool
• Medical Care in Microgravity, by Tina Beychok

July 2003

• A Gift for Tomorrow, by Robert Gounley
• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett
• Readers' Forum

August 2003

• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett
• The X Prize Gets WIRED!, by Tina Beychok
• Rejection Slip, by Diane Rhodes
• Expectations for the X Prize, by Craig E. Ward

September 2003

• From the Moon to "Urban Archaeology", by Steve Bartlett
• Seeing is Believing, by Kat Tanaka
• Trailblazing a private mission to the Moon, by Steve Bartlett
• Dawn Rising, by Robert Gounley

October 2003

• Roving Around Mars, by Steve Bartlett
• Mars Flotilla, by Robert Gounley
• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett
• Space on the Streets

November 2003

• Thank You for Getting Us Where We Are, by Kat Tanaka
• From the Big Bang to Big Branes, by Steve Bartlett
• "Reimagining the Sky" student art contest, by Kat Tanaka
• Upcoming Events & Projects
• President's Message, by Steve Bartlett
• Space on the Streets

December 2003

• Space Fun at LOSCON Convention, by Steve Bartlett
• A Simple Request, by Robert Gounley
• Interview: Dr. Brian Glass (Part 1)

January 2002

• Back to the Future...Again
• Medical Care in Microgravity
• President's Message
• The Surf Report

February 2002

• OASIS Annual Activities Report
• NSS Activists Brave Wet Weather to Bring Space to LOSCON Convention
• Medical Care in Microgravity
• The Surf Report, "Shooting Stars in Our Eyes"

March 2002

• In Search of Ancient Shores
• Where Others Have Gone Before
• President's Message
• The Surf Report: So You Want to be an Astronaut?

April 2002

• Making a Difference in South Africa
• My Science Fair Project
• A Short History of a Campaign Up the Mountain
• Open House - CLOSED
• President's Message
• Medicine in Microgravity

May 2002

• Prospecting the Red Planet
• DOH! ISU Students' Pizza Crust Takes NASA Prize
• Medial Care in Microgravity
• The Surf Report

June 2002

• Inspiring Young Space Explorers
• Outside the Box
• Medical Care in Microgravity

July 2002

• President's Message
• From the Third World to the High Frontier
• The Reading List
• Medical Care in Microgravity
• The Surf Report

August 2002

• President's Message
• Ferrari to Mars
• The Prize Never Won
• Medical Care in Microgravity

September 2002

• Message in a Bottle
• California Space Authority Welcomes Lori Garver, Prospective Space Tourist
• The Surf Report

October 2002

• Taking a (Virtual) Ride to Orbit
• Dethroning Pluto
• President's Message
• Medical Care in Microgravity

November 2002

• "RLVs are Hard To Do!"
• President's Message
• The Surf Report
• Readers' Forum, Letters to the Editor

December 2002

• President's Message
• Happy Anniversary, Apollo 17
• RLV's Are HARD To Do!, Part 2

January 2001

• Challenger Disaster Shaped a Generation
• Reflections on a Desert Night
• A Matter of Attitude

February 2001

• NEAR Shoemaker Touches Down
• Annual Activities Report for 2000
• A Matter of Attitude, Part 2
• The Surf Report

March 2001

• Scorpius Team Files Again
• The Demise of X-33 and X-34
• Opening Space: The SpaceLift Project
• The Surf Report

April 2001

• Taking Part in the Search
• The Rarity of Sol-Type Systems
• A Matter of Attitude, Part 3
• The Surf Report

May 2001

• Gossamer Sails
• Theory of Light Sails
• The Surf Report

June 2001

• OASIS Brings Science to the Last Agamemcon Convention
• ISDC 2001 Report
• The Surf Report

July 2001

• AgamemCon V -- Part 2

August 2001

• The LaGrange Points and You
• The Surf Report

September 2001

• Robotics Aboard Space Station Alpha
• "Never Give Up!"
• The Surf Report

October 2001

• Hollywood Bowl Concert
• Observing the Leonid Meteor Shower
• A Martian Space Odyssey
• Isn't Mars Being Interesting?
• The Surf Report

November 2001

• Mars Odyssey Infrared Images
• First Observation of Black Hole Energy Extraction
• The Surf Report

December 2001

• No Issue

January 2000

• Goal for NASA Resolution
• Long-Term Goal for NASA

February 2000

• Space Place: A Web Site for Kids
• Reading Braille, Part 3

March 2000

• ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT
• SPACECRAFT RENAMED FOR PLANETARY SCIENCE PIONEER

April 2000

• NSS TO MARS!
• Touching Mars

May 2000

• Inside Look at a Rocket Factory
• "Ten Things The Aerospace Industry Can Do To Better Meet The Needs of Commercial Customers"

June 2000

• ISDC 2000
• Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
• Following Helen Keller

July 2000

• Taking High School Students to the Moon
• OASIS Gives Agamemcon "All Space/All The Time"
• A Ring of Power

August 2000

• Student Views of the Moon
• On a Shoestring: Amateurs and Professionals Make History in the Mojave Desert
• Will there be survivalists in space?

September 2000

• In the Blink of an Eye
• The Curse of Mars
• The Blessings of Mars

October 2000

• The Needs of the Many...
• Mysteries of the Deep

November 2000

• Space-Bound Freight System
• Robot Crewing: The Best of Both Worlds?

December 2000

• Year in Review, Part 1
• Year in Review, Part 2

January 1999

• A Year at the Moon: Lunar Prospector Continues Mission of Discovery
• Stardust Mission Set to Bring Back a Piece of a Comet

February 1999

• Bringing Science to Science Fiction
• Rocket Looks Down on the High Cost of Space Launch

March 1999

• Space Research May Accelerate Development of Flu Fighting Drug
• Lunar Data Support Idea that Collision Split Earth, Moon

April 1999

• Exotic Technologies Finish Road Test on Cosmic Highway
• Astronomers Discover "Middleweight" Black Holes

May 1999

• Seeing Red
• Bakersfield Hosts Space Summit

June 1999

• OASIS Wins NSS Community Service Award
• AgamemCon III Report

July 1999

• Return to Sender
• Reusable Launch Vehicles Coming Together in Palmdale

August 1999

• Charles (Pete) Conrad, Jr.
• Better Late than Never

September 1999

• Amateur Space: Getting there a pound at a time
• The Last Community Night at Boeing

October 1999

• Reading Braille, Part 1
• NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY CHALLENGE and CALL FOR PAPERS

November 1999

• October Skies over Los Angeles
• Reading Braille Part 2

December 1999

• OASIS Officer Election Results
• NSS Comes to Planetfest
• Editorial: New Challenges

July 1998

• Castles in the Sky
• A Short History of OASIS
• OASIS Memories
• Space-Plex Museum -- Kid Tested and Approved!
• Help Support Mike Hodel'S HOUR 25!

August 1998

• A New Lord of the Rings
• NASA Establishes New Office at JPL
• New Galileo Pictures of Ganymede Available

September 1998

• Watch the Skies
• Trip Report

October 1998

• This is only a Test...
• Jupiter's "White Ovals" take Scientists by Storm
• NASA at 40

November 1998

• T-Minus Thirty-Six Years...
• Mars Probes Set for 1998 Launch
• Space Activities at Whitney High School

December 1998

• Science Fiction to Science Fact
• Contest to Name DS2 Mission