Sending astronauts to Mars within a decade is do-able, says Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, pointing to a plan for a deep-space exploration vehicle and a heavy-lift rocket based on space shuttle systems. “I believe we can be well on our ...
Although bad weather was forecast, Endeavour landed on time at Kennedy Space Center.
Now we know what the ideal menu would look like on the International Space Station, what's the nastiest packets of goop that would be left at the back of the orbital pantry?
Although launching food in space is a necessity, it doesn't mean it has to be boring. Space food has come a long way since the first manned flights into orbit, so here are ten of the best items on the menu.
C.S.I.: Miami went where no episode has gone before this past week: into space! Specifically, the world of commercial space tourism. Maybe you caught the preview during Sunday's Super Bowl Game. If not, here's the gist: A dead man falls ...
(NASA chief Charlie Bolden, in the control room during shuttle Endeavour's launch. Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA.) Will the next generation of astronauts be sporting corporate logos on their spacesuits? Anything’s possible, as the Obama administration seeks to recast NASA’s manned space ...
Astronauts may be hitching rides on commercial spaceships by 2014.
The White House's proposed NASA budget draws on lessons learned from the past and could change the future of the space program.
As the Super Bowl weekend begins, excitement (or dread) is building for the infamous Super Bowl commercials that will grace our screens at half time. I'm hoping there might be one or two space-themed ads. Last year, the tire company ...
Leroy Chiao, member of the Augustine Commission, shares his excitement for the future of U.S. human spaceflight and how companies are now taking the lead.
