Talk about a satellite race! picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test whether it can fly in zero gravity. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Takao Doi, the Japanese astronaut who'll be testing whether a boomerang will fly in space , now has something else to live down: he'll be the living test-bed for a new underwear fabric said to provide "high levels of deodorant, antiseptic and antistatic effect" in space. picked by Mitzuzake 8 months ago

Richard Garriott, a famous video game developer, is paying millions of dollars for a ride on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station. He's wanted to go to space since he was a kid. His father and all his neighbors were NASA astronauts. Garriott is America's first, second generation astronaut. While at the Space Station, he’ll meet his Russian counterpart. Take a listen. picked by meggysue 3 days ago

Malaysian religious authorities are hopeful that the country's first astronaut will also become the first Muslim to fast in space when he blasts off next month during Ramadan. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year 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 5 months ago

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, a recently returning astronaut just can't seem to get used to all of Earth's gravity. picked by iduffee 2 years ago

The Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. A large molasses tank burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150. picked by psycmoe 4 months ago

Remember Takao Doi? He is the Japanese astronaut who announced he would throw a boomerang in space. Turns out a boomerang's flight is much the same in zero-gravity as it is here on Earth. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Perhaps Eric Von Daniken was right. What would appear to be a modern astronaut can be seen taking a space walk through hordes of cherubim and seraphim picked by Inc0m 9 months ago

On April 12, 1961, the Soviets launched a 27-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin on the world's first piloted space mission. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Whitson and her crewmates clambered through the hatches and joined the station's current crew, cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, and astronaut Clayton Anderson. The newcomers traded their bulky gear for more comfortable jumpsuits and spoke to well-wishers at Mission Control via a video link. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Catching a free ride to Mars takes more than sticking out a thumb, but some hardy Earth bacteria could survive as hitchhikers clinging to the outside of spacecraft, studies have shown. Now a set of experiments going up with space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station will test how exposure to the harshness of space might change bacteria during a simulated Mars mission. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Without a suit on, that is? picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Astronaut Sunita Williams is stuck in space — at least temporarily. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Robert A. Dentler, one of two court-appointed education experts who helped design and administer the groundbreaking desegregation plan that led to mob violence in Boston in the mid-1970s, died on March 27 in Cambridge, Mass. He was 79 and lived in Lexington, Mass. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

A NASA astronaut has been arrested for attempted murder in an apparent love triangle that is out of this world. picked by monkeyman 2 years ago

NASA discovered that space shuttle Atlantis has been holed by a tiny piece of space debris. The 1/10-inch hole represents the second largest debris damage event ever identified. Fortunately, it missed everything that was important to the mission. Space debris is an increasingly challenging problem. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

Very easy to navigate, offering low and high resolutions makes for a wonderful site even for dial-up users. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Japanese space food will soon be available on the International Space Station picked by osiris12 1 year ago