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Describes the new technology for archaeologists to find hidden sites. Ground-penetrating radar; Thermal scanning; Infrared photography; Multispectral scanning.

Presents exercises, developed by creativity teacher Frank Barron, to enhance and stimulate creativity.

Discusses creativity, the role of the brain in the creative process, dreaming and creativity, and six common traits of the creative personality.

In 1988, the idea of space tourism for the masses, involving tens of thousands of passengers flying to a large theme park in orbit, would seem to be nothing more than future fantasy. But even the toughest skeptics believe that limited space tourism will occur in the 21st century. A look at what tourism might be like. INSET: `60' for Spacehab..

The Space Age was born on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union thrust the first man-made object called Sputnik I into orbit above planet Earth. The people who were there at the beginning reflect on where we've been and where we're going.

Science writer Neil McAleer looks ahead a decade to a hypothetical Space Station mission in 1997. Also, NASA and industry engineers discuss the here-and-now problems of designing a permanent home in orbit.

Recounts the ideas men have had through history for space stations, including some early ideas by thinkers such as Edward Hale, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Hermann Oberth and Wernher von Braun.

In the 30 years of the Space Age, all spacecraft have left Earth's confining gravity via chemical rockets--and at exorbitant costs. A look at an inexpensive laser propulsion system, built on a mountaintop and capable of boosting thousands of payloads into space, a concept originated by laser pioneer Arthur Kantrowitz.

A manned flight to Mars will be the longest and hungriest journey in human history. Outlines what the cuisine en route to Mars might actually be like.

Discusses how ground-penetrating radar recently pinpointed a lost squadron of World War II planes buried beneath hundreds of feet of ice and snow. Among many other uses, utilities now locate gas leaks with radar instead of digging at the wrong sites.