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Space Travel: Explore the Heavens on Earth

Drew Hendricks | Posted 04.26.2013 | Science
Drew Hendricks

If you want to see the heavens but don't have the bank account, these seven destinations we've put together will give you a more grounded taste of space, from Washington, DC to Florida and Hawaii.

The Brave New World of American Commercial Space

Marco Cáceres | Posted 04.10.2013 | Business
Marco Cáceres

Ceding America's leadership in space, world passing us by? Uh, nothing could be farther from the truth.

Buzz Offers Bold Vision For Space Program

Posted 04.01.2013 | Science

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 04/01/2013 07:50 AM EDT on SPACE.com Pioneering astronaut Buzz Aldrin made history as the second man to walk on the ...

Twinkies Business May Sell For $410 Million

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 04.01.2013 | Business

NEW YORK — Hostess has picked a lead bidder for its famous Twinkies. The bankrupt company said late Wednesday that it has selected a joint offe...

Twinkies Deal Nearing!

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2013 | Business

(Adds background) By Martinne Geller NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Private equity firms Apollo Global Management LLC and...

Neil Armstrong and the Space Generation

Anna Leahy | Posted 10.31.2012 | Science
Anna Leahy

The first era of U.S. manned spaceflight ends, and we are the adults of this nation now. Armstrong and eleven other men visited the Moon, but those of us who were watching, as young as we might have been then, are the space generation.

Neil Armstrong's Second Act

Margaret Lazarus Dean | Posted 10.28.2012 | Science
Margaret Lazarus Dean

I always told myself that if I ever had the chance to meet Neil Armstrong I wouldn't request an autograph or ask him any questions about his time in space -- I would just thank him for his service to our country.

NASA's Pioneering Astronauts: Where Are They Now?

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 10.25.2012 | Science

As space exploration has become more common and the number of astronauts has risen past 300, many names have faded into the background. But some will ...

NASA Photos Reveal Fate Of Flags Left On Moon

Posted 07.29.2012 | Science

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 07/27/2012 05:20 PM EDT on SPACE.com An enduring question ever since the manned moon landings of the 1960s has be...

Dress Shirt Of The Future Is Made From NASA Spacesuit Materials

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 07.06.2012 | Small Business

In these staggeringly hot and record-breaking dog days of summer, workers everywhere are stuck in uncomfortable, sweat-drenched work shirts. But a...

'The Glass House' Elimination And New Drama

Posted 06.26.2012 | TV

After the surprise that Jacob had quit "The Glass House" (Mon., 10 p.m. ET on ABC) after being sent to limbo last week, viewers and contestants still ...

Space Agency To Lift Veil On Storied Rocket Facility

Posted 06.12.2012 | Science

By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 06/12/2012 07:45 AM EDT on SPACE.com The NASA control center that gave the command to launch rockets to the mo...

PHOTOS: Space Walks And Gorgeous Views From NASA's Gemini Missions

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 06.06.2012 | Science

April 2012 marks 50 years since the beginning of NASA's Gemini program. Carried out from 1962-1966, during the feverish middle years of the space race...

Musing About Muses (Part 1)

Irene Tanner | Posted 05.14.2012 | Healthy Living
Irene Tanner

Do you realize that we all have an intuitive muse available to us? All we have to do is extend an invitation.

Jeff Beck at 67: Perennial Guitar Hero

Michael Sigman | Posted 03.20.2012 | Fifty
Michael Sigman

Stephen Colbert reflected Beck's genius and self-effacement when, as host of the 2010 Grammy Awards, he told a worldwide audience, "You know the game 'Guitar Hero?' He has the all-time high score -- and he's never played it."

Original Broadway 'Dreamgirl' To Make Apollo Debut

Posted 01.12.2012 | Black Voices

Tony Award-winning actress Jennifer Holliday is set to make her Apollo debut on February 1 during the opening night of the theater's 78th season of Am...

Space History in DC: White Roses for Explorers, Part 3

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.09.2011 | College
Zoe P. Strassfield

There were several pebbles on top of the headstones of the Apollo 1 crewmembers, and on top of Roger Chaffee's, there was also a coin. At first I thought it was just a quarter, but as I got closer, I recognized it as something else.

Over and Out, Above and Beyond: Is the Space Age Over Or Just Beginning?

William Bradley | Posted 09.27.2011 | Technology
William Bradley

As I watched the last mission of Atlantis -- something utterly unimaginable in 1969 -- some of the old feeling came back. But it seemed, with due respect, rather generic, with a cloudy future overhanging it all.

Apollo's Children and the NewSpace Revolution

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 09.21.2011 | Technology
Rick Tumlinson

The shuttle program ended this week just as we celebrated the 42nd anniversary of Apollo. It is poetic and yet sad. It also begs the question, what ne...

The End of the Shuttle: The Real Reason We Send People Into Space

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 09.16.2011 | Technology
Rick Tumlinson

This week, the shuttle program ends and we "celebrate" the anniversary of Apollo, when humans first walked on the moon. Yet, many question if we ever went. Why? Because if we had why aren't we still there and far beyond?

Dancing on a Precipice

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 09.10.2011 | Politics
Jack Schimmelman

As the sun labors to rise above the horizon, I join my neighbors on the precipice of a crater. We peer into the abyss, sleepwalking towards oblivion ...

America's First Woman Space-Walker Remembers Shuttle Rides

James M. Clash | Posted 09.05.2011 | Travel
James M. Clash

"This business consists of riding bombs. And if you do absolutely everything right, you can marshal the energy to do something astonishing like put yourself into orbit. If you do even a few things wrong, it's going to act like a bomb."

Central Park: A Performance in Four Seasons (Summer)

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 08.17.2011 | New York
Jack Schimmelman

Central Park lights the stage in all her glory, for summer has arrived, voluptuous and steady. No longer do the denizens of the city fear nature's vacillating affection.

The Big Ideas Deficit

Matthew Kohut | Posted 07.25.2011 | Politics
Matthew Kohut

The Sputnik moment for clean energy has not passed, and if reelected, President Obama may have another opportunity to do a big thing or two.

So When Does the Sputnik Moment Begin?

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Susan Deily-Swearingen

Why do we continue to funnel money into programs like additional gas wells in the New York State watershed instead of embracing newer, cleaner programs like wind and solar?