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Shuttle Columbia Crew Remembered

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Feb 1, 2012 11:01 AM ET | 0

It's nine years since Columbia fell from the sky, ending the lives of Kalpana Chawla, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon, David Brown, William McCool and Michael Anderson. Read more

What If The Apollo Program Never Happened?

Posted by Ray Villard Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:31 AM ET | 0

If there were no Apollo crash program to beat the Soviets to the moon, would still be planning to go there eventually? Read more

What If The Apollo Program Never Happened?

Space Music: DJ Food and 'The Search Engine'

Posted by Robert Lamb Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:08 AM ET | 0

Few artists embody "space music" quite as well as DJ Food AKA Strictly Kev. Read more

Space Music: DJ Food and 'The Search Engine'

Jay-Z and Beyoncé To Film Music Video in Space?

Posted by Robert Lamb Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:05 AM ET | 0

It's only natural that pop culture's favorite one percenters now ascend into space aboard Virgin Galactic and film the mother of all music videos. Read more

Jay-Z and Beyoncé To Film Music Video in Space?

Pentagon Taps Ex-Astronaut to Head Starship Project

Posted by Irene Klotz Mon Jan 9, 2012 06:38 PM ET | 0

DARPA has selected an organization headed by former space shuttle astronaut to develop a project to launch humans to another star a century from now, a program known as 100 Year Starship. Read more

Pentagon Taps Ex-Astronaut to Head Starship Project

Totally Last Minute Space Music Gift Ideas

Posted by Robert Lamb Thu Dec 22, 2011 01:19 PM ET | 0

The roads are crazy, the shops are overrun so it's time to head online for some instant digital purchases. Might I suggest you shoot some space music down their e-stockings? Read more

Totally Last Minute Space Music Gift Ideas

Shuttle's Assembly Building Open to the Public

Posted by Jason Major Fri Oct 28, 2011 07:52 PM ET | 0

Starting Nov. 1, NASA will offer tours of its gigantic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to visitors at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. Here's what to expect. Read more

Shuttle's Assembly Building Open to the Public

'Lunar' Lands in Chicago

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Oct 26, 2011 03:03 PM ET | 0

A solar-powered faux module called "Lunar" is currently stationed atop the Art Institute of Chicago. What the heck is it? Read more

SpaceX Dragon 2 Arrives at Launch Site

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Oct 25, 2011 07:22 PM ET | 0

After a drive across the country, SpaceX's Dragon spaceship arrived in Florida for a mission to prove the private sector has the right stuff to take over a traditional government role of flying in orbit. Read more

Russia Wants Lunar Lava Tube Real Estate

Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Oct 21, 2011 05:15 PM ET | 0

A Russian space official thinks the future of manned lunar settlement will begin inside moon caves. Read more

Russia Wants Lunar Lava Tube Real Estate

Virgin Galactic Snares NASA Shuttle Ops Guru

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:57 AM ET | 0

Virgin Galactic, the startup of the world's first commercial spaceliner SpaceShipTwo, has caught the eye of NASA's shuttle operations chief, Mike Moses. Read more

Virgin Galactic Snares NASA Shuttle Ops Guru

Two Amazing Musical Space Books for Kids

Posted by Robert Lamb Sat Sep 10, 2011 04:12 AM ET | 0

You love space music. You love children's books. So yeah, here are two book projects worthy of your attention. Read more

Two Amazing Musical Space Books for Kids

45 Years Later, Star Trek Continues to Inspire

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Sep 8, 2011 06:56 PM ET | 0

Gene Roddenberry's son tells Discovery News about how his father's vision inspires society, and to Richard Obousy about how Star Trek inspired him to formulate the science behind the warp drive. Read more