May 20 2011

PRI’s ‘The World’ Interview: Beer Designed for Outer Space

Earlier today, I had the honor of being invited on PRI's "The World" radio show with host Lisa Mullins to discuss a combination two of my favorite subjects: space beer!

May 19 2011

SpaceShipTwo Re-entry System Tested

Virgin Galactic has released a video clip of the latest test flight of SpaceShipTwo, featuring the spacecraft's unique "feathering" technique.

May 11 2011

Lost and Found: Einstein’s UK Immigration Papers

Tag: Physics,Relativity,Space PeopleIan O'Neill @ 10:38 pm
It was an unlikely find at the UK's busiest airport: Albert Einstein's immigration papers dated 26 May, 1933.

May 11 2011

Blogging From Mars? Log On to the Interplanetary Internet

Tag: Mars,Satellites,Solar System,Space People,Space TechnologyIan O'Neill @ 2:52 am
Speaking at the Interlop 2011 conference on Tuesday, Vint Cerf, chief Internet evangelist for Google, discussed ongoing plans for a standardized "Interplanetary Internet."

May 10 2011

Space Religion: Mormonism and the Final Frontier

Tag: Alien Life,Cosmology,NASA,SETI,Space Culture,Space PeopleRobert Lamb @ 9:24 am
Former NASA administrator James C. Fletcher played a crucial role in the first three decades of human space exploration. To what extent did his Mormon faith fuel his enthusiasm?

May 04 2011

Space Station Astronaut Copes With Mom’s Death

Tag: Astronauts,Space People,Space StationIrene Klotz @ 10:28 pm
Paulo Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut serving aboard the International Space Station, will be coming home later this month to a world without his mother, Maria Motta.

May 03 2011

Shuttle Astronaut Flew with a Secret: He had Parkinson’s

Tag: Astronauts,NASA,Space People,Space ShuttleIrene Klotz @ 10:30 am
Fifteen years ago, shuttle astronaut Rich Clifford launched into space with a secret -- a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

Apr 21 2011

Russian Dead Alien Video Surfaces

Is a new viral video of an alien body recovered in Russia for real?

Apr 19 2011

The (Space) Drugs Don’t Work

Think you can just pop a pill to cure that microgravity queasiness? Think again.

Apr 15 2011

Henrietta Swan Leavitt Comes to Life on Stage

Tag: Astronomy,Galaxies,History of Space,Space People,StarsJennifer Ouellette @ 5:02 pm
A new play premiering in California documents the fascinating life of Henrietta Leavitt: the woman who figured out how to measure the universe.

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