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Today SpaceX made history with their successful launch and test of the Falcon Heavy, with a very special payload.  Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk had said last year that he planned to use his personal Tesla Roadster (cherry red, because of course it is) as the payload to be released into space during the test, and […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO and modern-age Steve Jobs, Elon Musk has announced what he’s going to be sending into space next month as part of the launch of the Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral’s legendary Apollo 11 launch pad – 39A. Tonight he first teased that the launch would be exciting, “one way or another.” […]

If you know all the words to The Jetsons theme song, chances are this story may have meaning for you. The futuristic family just may be coming to a prime time TV slot near you before too long. Word just came down from Variety that ABC has placed a pilot order for a live-action adaptation of The […]

“I have a great idea, let’s make a space movie that mashes up Alien and Gravity. Call it Life. Everyone will LOVE IT!” Life should not have found a way.  Every so often, you’ll sit through a movie that obviously thought it was something special.  This was one of those times, and if you paid attention to the trailers […]

NASA said today that Eugene A. Cernan has died at the age of 82. Cernan was the spacecraft commander of Apollo 17, which launched on December 6th, 1972 and returned to Earth 13 days later. He had previously flown in space as part of the Gemini IX mission alongside Tom Stafford in 1966, and then […]

Without too much pretense, I must tell you that Passengers has an ill advised and unbelievable twist. I’m going to have to address it right away, because if I don’t, the rest of what I have to say about the film won’t really matter. If you don’t want to know, please click away now and enjoy something […]

When you hear the term “fan film’, admittedly there is a measure of dubious skepticism that happens.  That is NOT the case with Star Trek: Axanar.  I say this because I was lucky enough to spend a day on set while filming for the Prelude to Axanar was happening, and I cannot begin to adequately sing the […]

Since the music license for David Bowie’s classic “Space Oddity” was only good for a year (and that year is up tonight at midnight), today is the last day to enjoy Commander Chris Hadfield floating far above the world from the ISS:

On May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he commanded Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission.  Here is a fantastic one on one “oral history” interview with Alan from NASA’s archives, and here is the full mission video: (The Right Stuff had Scott Glenn in the role of Shepard.)

Ever wanted to see what’s really going on 220 miles above the Earth on the International Space Station (ISS)?  Well, thanks to the wonders of technology, you can find out! (If the stream displays a black/blue screen, there has been a temporary loss of signal. Check back later.) Live streaming video by Ustream