The majority of respondents in a recent poll support increased funding for NASA to explore the red planet. ->

An evocative spacecraft name will not only get public interest but also be inspirational and memorable too.

The simmering debate over the future direction of our nation's human space flight program hit even more air turbulence over the past couple weeks. On the cusp of the Augustine Report on NASA's future space flight plans (that was delivered to the White House last month to await a presidential decisi...

Buzz Aldrin fields questions at a Hollywood premier in 2008. Today he has issued a public statement on the realities of spaceflight (Ian O'Neill) This certainly isn't a surprise, considering Buzz Aldrin has been advocating manned missions to destinations other than the moon for some time, but it's ...

NASA is running low on plutonium, an issue that is causing growing concern for future outer solar system missions. Will Europe step in to alleviate concern for the supply of this valuable energy resource?

An interesting tweet was forwarded to me by my ever-vigilant wife @MrsOneill today. It gave me a giggle, so I thought I'd post a comment about it. The tweet came from A-list celebrity Ashton Kutcher. You know Ashton, the guy who "Punk'd" his friends... he also did an above average movie called the ...