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Today in History: Shepherd Golfs on the Moon

Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Mon Feb 6, 2012 07:21 PM ET | 0

Tiger Woods may rule the golf course here on Earth, but when it comes to extraterrestrial golfing, Alan Shepard reigns supreme. Read more

Today in History: Shepherd Golfs on the Moon

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

Did the U.S. Kill the Ill-Fated Russian Mars Probe?

Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Jan 17, 2012 01:23 PM ET | 0

It may sound like the plot of a James Bond movie, but did a U.S. radar station accidentally zap the Phobos-Grunt Mars sample return mission? Read more

Did the U.S. Kill the Ill-Fated Russian Mars Probe?

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

Success! China Docks Two Vehicles in Orbit

Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Nov 2, 2011 03:04 PM ET | 0

Two docking events occurred in low-Earth orbit (LEO) today; one was routine, the other was historic. Read more

Success! China Docks Two Vehicles in Orbit

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

Russia and Europe to Send Man to Mars?

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Aug 18, 2011 03:22 AM ET | 0

The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced plans to team-up with the Russian space agency in an effort to get mankind to Mars. Read more

Man in Space: 3D Photos

Posted Tue Aug 2, 2011 02:47 PM ET | 0

Relive these historic space moments as though you were there -- in 3D! Read more

The Shuttle Is Dead; Long Live The Politics

Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Jul 22, 2011 08:13 PM ET | 0

When space shuttle Atlantis fired up its engines on July 8, the bittersweet tears for the end of an era had barely dried when the question: "So, what's next?" was asked. Read more

The Shuttle Is Dead; Long Live The Politics

An Astronaut-Eye View of the Space Station

Posted by Rose Palazzolo Wed Jul 13, 2011 07:39 PM ET | 0

NASA spacewalker Ron Garan is taking dramatic bird's eye view images. Read more

An Astronaut-Eye View of the Space Station

UFO Disclosure Day: Is the Conspiracy Out There?

Posted by Benjamin Radford Sat Jul 9, 2011 04:55 PM ET | 0

Yesterday was World UFO Disclosure Day... Did we learn anything new about extraterrestrials? Read more

UFO Disclosure Day: Is the Conspiracy Out There?

Space Music: Shuttle Tracks to Blast Off With

Posted by Robert Lamb Thu Jul 7, 2011 12:25 PM ET | 0

Friday's planned Atlantis launch brings all this to a close and, amid all the emotion, you'll probably want to crank some appropriate space music. Read more

Space Music: Shuttle Tracks to Blast Off With

NASA to Apollo 14 Astronaut: We Want Our Camera Back

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:23 PM ET | 0

Did ex-NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell illegally take one of the Apollo 14 cameras, only to try to auction it for profit? Read more

NASA to Apollo 14 Astronaut: We Want Our Camera Back

The Case of NASA's Contraband Sticky Tape

Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Jun 24, 2011 04:17 PM ET | 0

Sticky tape turned up in a Missouri auction house. NASA pounced to claim ownership. Either the agency is taking sticky tape pilfering very seriously, or something important is stuck to it. Read more