Sixteen mice from San Francisco are scheduled to fly on the space shuttle Discovery on Monday to spend 13 days aboard the international space station in an experiment to study the effects of life in zero gravity on their immune systems.
*now were going to have to send cats* picked by Bornbad 5 months ago

Hold on to your hats, or in this case, your helmets: Scientists have finally pinpointed the so-called edge of space — the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Studies have shown the dangers of space madness, but we have to admit: It makes for good entertainment. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

More than 300 scientists and other experts who met for four days at the European Space Agency said Thursday that sharing information is a crucial first step in preventing collisions and predicting with more accuracy where derelict satellites may fall to earth. picked by kakana 1 year ago

These 10 examples of international, interplanetary space habitats show that colonialism isn’t dead, it’s just lying in wait for the next new frontier – which just may be the wide open real estate far above the clouds. Can I interest you in a condomoonium? picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Sexual intercourse in space may appear out of bounds, but astronauts have been known to succumb to earthly passions.

*Take your protein pill and keep your space suit on* picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

With the picture-perfect launch of the pioneering SELENE lunar exploration probe from a Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket, Japan has made a stunning return to space while answering China's bold challenge. Includes one of the coolest launch videos you'll ever see. picked by mitzuzake 3 years ago

Find out how aviation and space exploration have changed throughout the years, improving life for humans on Earth and in space. picked by tundramonkey 4 years ago

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has officially started its "Warm Mission" after taking its first shots of the cosmos since it ran out of coolant in May. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A rare, timely conjunction of ground-based instrumentation and a dozen satellites has helped scientists better understand how electrons in space can turn into ‘killers’. ESA’s Cluster constellation has contributed crucially to the finding. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Mitsubishi Electric Corp and IHI Corp have agreed to work with several companies, to develop technology for a solar station in space. It will take about $21 billion to fund this Japanese project and about 20 years to try to make it happen.That is a lot of time and money. picked by kakana 12 months ago

Malaysia has come up with the world's first comprehensive guidebook for Muslims in space as its first astronaut prepares to go into orbit next week. picked by mitzuzake 3 years ago

Orbiting more than 200 miles above the Earth, the crew of the International Space Station has sent home a special Thanksgiving message that is now airing on NASA Television and the agency's Web site. picked by Lilo 3 years ago

NASA wants to put a picture of you on one of the two remaining space shuttle missions and launch it into orbit. picked by bingo 3 months ago

After launching two prototype space stations into orbit, space entrepreneur and pioneer Robert Bigelow is now setting his sights a bit higher. His latest vision: A quick-deploy moon base capable of housing up to 18 astronauts in inflatable modules on the lunar surface. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Blue Origin, another competitor in the burgeoning private access to space market, has released news(with video) of a successful test flight 11 November. The company is backed by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. picked by Fanatic 4 years ago

It may look like an intriguing star constellation far away in space, but these lights are actually far closer to home. These images shows cities at night as viewed by the International Space Station. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Remember the astronaut who recently tested whether boomerangs return to their throwers in the absence of gravity? Well, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released video of astronaut Takao Doi showing that the objects do, in fact, come back - even in the microgravity environment of the space station. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Molecular biologist Robert Ferl of the University of Florida and colleagues studied wheat seeds descended from plants that flew on the Russian Mir space station. The progenitor plants were in space for 167 days in 1991. When they were brought back to Earth, the plants gave rise to viable offspring seeds.

*Just keep it away from the Tribbles. picked by kakana 1 year ago

Deep space probes beyond Jupiter can't use solar power because they're too far from the sun. So they rely on a certain type of plutonium, plutonium-238. picked by kakana 1 year ago