Astounding Science Fiction February 1956 (Volume 56, Number 1)
Illustrations by Ed Emshwiller, Kelly Freas, H. R. van Dongen. Cover by Kelly Freas (his first for "Double Star.")

Serial: "Double Star" (Part 1 of 3) by Robert A. Heinlein (this won the Hugo award for best novel.)

Novelette: "Clerical Error" by Mark Clifton.

Stories: "The Last Thousand Miles" by Dean McLaughlin
"Silent Brother" by Paul Janvier (Algis Budrys)
"Chains of Command" by Reg Rhein
"The Prisoner" by Christopher Anvil.

John W. Campbell's editorial is "The Science of Psionics"; Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.