Anousheh Ansari an Iranian-American entrepreneur is expected to blast off for the international space station in September. She is officially the first women tourist to travel in to space. picked by Arrch8 2 years ago

Iranian-born Anousheh Ansari, the world's first female space tourist, returned to Earth after her $20m vacation. picked by XXXXXPP 2 years ago

A team from Japan's Tokyo University has crafted the highest of flyers: a paper airplane that will be launched from the International Space Station - where there is, um, no air... picked by mitzuzake 6 months ago

Guy takes photos of toy models of famous tourist spots and then photographs them at the actual tourist spot. picked by speedracer 2 years ago

This guy launches a paper airplane off the 30th floor of a building in the financial district of New York City. The flight it goes on without crashing is pretty amazing. picked by misswinkle 7 months ago

This is the weirdest thing I've seen all day. Enjoy folks. picked by LatueOfStiberty 1 year ago

Scientists are sifting through their first new views of the planet Mercury in more than three decades thanks to images beamed home by NASA's MESSENGER probe. The car-sized spacecraft zipped past Mercury in a Monday flyby and is relaying more than 1,200 new images and other data back to eager scientists on Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Borat celebrates alien visitor picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

How cool would it be to have your name on board the spacecraft that discovers the first known Earth-like planet beyond our solar system? Well, here's your chance. NASA today announced an opportunity for anyone to submit their name to be included on a DVD and rocketed into space as part of NASA's Kepler Mission, scheduled to launch in February 2009 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

An unusual electrical disturbance has been spotted in space, travelling unchanged through the ionised gas surrounding Earth. A European space mission called Cluster detected a "soliton" wave, a phenomenon similar to the self-contained solitons that can travel along optical fibres and channels of water on Earth. This is the first known soliton in space. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago