The first manned mission to space by any human from planet Earth did not go off without a few hitches. Russia is releasing former secret…
American space historian Andrew Chaikin recently said that the U.S. Congress should not be designing rockets, but should just let NASA do it. In other…
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, better known as SpaceX, announced that it is building the 'World's Most Powerful Rocket': the Falcon Heavy. And, it has the…
'What a Ride it's Been!' is the caption from artist Brian Basset in his commemoration of the last landing of the NASA Space Shuttle using…
The Russian Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft was launched on April 5, 2011 (Russian time) from the same launch pad used nearly 50 years ago to launch…
NASA just announced that the STS-134 space shuttle mission scheduled for April 19, will be delayed to April 29, 2011, to resolve a scheduling conflict…
Over the next few days, the planet Saturn will be positioned opposite the Sun in the night sky. Therefore, around April 3, 2011, Saturn's rings…
See secret space plane fly overhead. Shhhh! You're not supposed to know it's there!
By William Atkins
The U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane is secretly flying around the Earth. But, you can see it fly over your local sky by knowing…
The U.S. space agency NASA released on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, the first orbital images of Mercury by its Messenger probe, after it entered orbit…
NASA wants your vote for wake-up songs for sleepy STS-134 astronauts
By William Atkins
With the STS-134 space shuttle mission set to launch on April 19, 2011, NASA is asking everyone to go to its Space Rock song contest…
