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May 16, 2012
SpaceX launching students' experiments and emblems on 1st space station flight
Students' science experiments are about to make history, flying to space with the first attempt by a U.S. commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. And like many other historic space projects, the students' payloads have their own mission emblems aboard.
May 14, 2012
Smokey and fire: Trio launch to space with US forest service icon
A U.S. school teacher-turned-astronaut, an experienced space station commander, and a rookie Russian cosmonaut lifted off to the International Space Station on May 14, and now are on their way to joining the orbiting complex's 31st expedition crew.
May 13, 2012
Space shuttle Enterprise hoisted off jumbo jet in New York
Space shuttle Enterprise has landed in New York, again. Two weeks after flying into JFK International Airport atop a modified Boeing 747, NASA's prototype shuttle was lowered by crane off the back of the jumbo jet to the ground overnight on May 13.
May 11, 2012
NASA powers down its last space shuttle
On May 11, NASA pulled the plug on its last powered space shuttle, 20 years after it flew its first mission. Space shuttle technicians powered down Endeavour, moving forward with preparations for the winged spacecraft's museum display.
May 10, 2012
Behind the scenes with Big Bang Theory's real-life astronaut actor
During the May 10 season finale of "The Big Bang Theory," a main character on the CBS sitcom launches into space. Sitting beside him in the spacecraft is Mike Massimino, a real-life NASA astronaut, making his second cameo appearance on the show.
May 9, 2012
High-fidelity space shuttle replica to make Houston landing June 1
A space shuttle will launch later this month from Kennedy Space Center but rather than soar into the sky, it'll set sail on the water. A full-size space shuttle mockup will arrive by barge in Texas on June 1, where it'll go on display at Space Center Houston.
May 9, 2012
Sponsor-a-shuttle: Museums offer stars and tiles for space shuttle display funds
The New York and Los Angeles homes for two of NASA's space shuttles want to put your name in lights — or more specifically, on heatshield tiles and stars — in return for your help funding the construction of new buildings for their incoming orbiters.
May 6, 2012
Astronaut Hall of Fame new space shuttle inductees humbled by heroes' welcome
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomed three space travelers into its ranks May 5, honoring a spacewalker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military's highest ranking astronaut, and a chief of the NASA astronaut corps.
May 5, 2012
Bids for Neil Armstrong's Corvette soar to $250K but collectors raise concerns
A beat-up 1967 Chevrolet Corvette that Neil Armstrong purportedly first owned has seen astronomical bids on eBay. But did the first man to walk on the moon ever drive it?
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May 13, 2012
Associated Press
Houston lawyer trying to account for scores of missing moon rocks brought back by astronauts
The dark suit and tie Joe Gutheinz wore set him apart from other customers inside a Texas eatery where the usual attire is jeans and cowboy hats.
May 11, 2012
The W Foundation
The Space Station: Launching a whole new kind of museum!
When people think of museums, they often think of the California Academy of Sciences, or the new San Francisco Exploratorium with its huge price tag of approximately $220 million dollars.
May 8, 2012
The Huffington Post
The Legacy of the Space Shuttle
As each remaining orbiter of the shuttle fleet takes their final flight to museums around the nation, it is a fitting time to reflect on the legacy of these iconic space vehicles.
May 7, 2012
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Collector has right stuff for space and science center
If they build it, Lonnie Hammargren will come. And he'll bring some of his space stuff with him.
May 4, 2012
Reuters
"Made in space" coming soon to a product near you
The European Space Agency is hatching plans for a branding campaign aimed at making people more aware of the benefits of spending their hard-earned taxes on the International Space Station (ISS).
May 2, 2012
Discovery News
Rare Video of 1986 Challenger Disaster Uncovered
Shown exclusively by the Huffington Post today, shuttle launch enthusiasts Hope and Steven Virostek were there to watch Challenger launch. Steven, who passed away in the 1990's, captured the scene with a video camera while Hope talks out of the frame. But excitement quickly turns to horror when Hope realizes something has gone wrong.
April 30, 2012
CBC News
Toy space shuttles for charity stolen, Marc Garneau says
Liberal MP Marc Garneau said his mail was stolen when a box of toy space shuttles that were part of a fundraiser for sick children was mistakenly delivered to NDP MP Jonathan Tremblay's office and the contents given away.
April 27, 2012
The Wichita Eagle
Kansas Cosmosphere celebrates 50 years of education, exploration
Caitlin McLean, a 13-year-old from Pottawatomie County, has been bitten by the space bug.
April 20, 2012
Wired Science
Up for Bids: Classic Soviet Space Propaganda Posters
Science and communism are inseparable! That is the basic message of this amazing collection of Soviet space propaganda posters that will be auctioned off on Apr. 22.
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