Astronaut Sunita Williams Completed First Ever Space Triathlon
On September 16, astronaut Sunita Williams, who just became commander of the International Space Station with the end of Expedition 32, completed the... Read more →
Neil Armstrong Buried at Sea
On September 14, Neil Armstrong was buried in a sea service held aboard the USS Philippine Sea. The cremated remains of the first man on the Moon... Read more →
Sid Watkins, Formula One Safety Pioneer, Dead at 84
Sid Watkins (Credits: Unknown). Eric Sidney "Sid" Watkins, who single handedly revolutionized safety for Formula One (F1) automobile racing,... Read more →
ESA Considers Launching Astronauts on Chinese Spacecraft
Closer cooperation between Europe and China may be the way of the future. Above the Mars 500 analog crew, including three Russians, two Europeans,... Read more →
Two Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Whizz By Earth
On the evening of September 13-14, two asteroids classified as "Potentially Hazardous" streaked past Earth with no potential of impacting the planet.... Read more →
YouTube Space Lab Experiments Demoed from ISS
The YouTube Space Lab is a competition that invited high school students around the world to submit proposals for an experiment they would like to... Read more →