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Hoping Forward At The End Of The Shuttle Era
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- The last space shuttle mission, STS-135, ended with the landing of the shuttle Atlantis at…
Happy 90th Birthday John Glenn!
He's an American space icon, and today he turns 90 years of age. "John Glenn is a legend, and NASA…
Obama: This is a ‘Capture the Flag’ Moment for Commercial Spaceflight
President Barack Obama called out for pizza today and ending up talking with the crews of STS-135 and Expedition 28…
Burt Rutan’s Race To Space: A Primer For Things To Come
[/caption] Voyager, Proteus and SpaceShipOne have become aerospace legends. As has the man who established them all – Burt Rutan.…
End of the Shuttle Era: Q & A With Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – He has been with the shuttle program for the past three decades and has witnessed…
Guest Post: Newly Born: the Science of Astronomy
[/caption] Editor's Note: Astronomy journalist Govert Schilling has written a book that looks at the 100 most important discoveries since…
“I believe this nation should commit itself…” Kennedy’s Moon Shot Speech to Congress
50 years ago today, US President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress to ask for support for…
World Ending on May 21? Don’t Count on It
Why do some humans have a fixation on the world coming to an end? From ancient Nostradamus to Marshall Applewhite…
Fast Cars and Hot Rod Astronauts
Corvettes were synonymous with the first US astronauts. Why? The story goes that a Florida car dealer named Jim Rathmann…
Rare and Unpublished LIFE Photos of Alan Shepard’s Historic Flight
[/caption] If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen how I was oohing and aahing about a wonderful…