Hitching a ride usually only costs some gas and toll money.
But you’ll have to dig really deep into your pockets for a ride into orbit.
As a kid I was fascinated by Space Travel and often wondered what they do the whole time? Since I am bad in math and afraid of heights I knew I was not a good candidate to ever be an astronaut, so I just had to use my imagination, until now.
NASA revealed their new spacesuit - the Z-1 Prototype Spacesuit and Portable Life Support System (PLSS) 2.0 - and we can't help but think this new outfit was inspired by 'Toy Story's' own Buzz Lightyear. Are our astronauts headed to infinity and beyond?
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The first person to set foot on the Earth’s moon, Neil Armstrong passed away today (Aug. 25) due to complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.
Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, has died. Ride, 61, passed away peacefully at her home in La Jolla, CA. on Monday, July 23 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
As I mentioned yesterday, the Space Shuttle Discovery took its scheduled final flight today to its final resting place at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
Just before landing, Discovery, which was piggybacked on a 747, provided ten's of thousands of people a unique sight as the plane and shuttle circled the nations capital. This also gave the opportunity for phot
The Space Shuttle Discovery is loaded and ready for her final flight, this time rather than attached to a giant rocket aimed towards the Heavens, it is attached to a modified Boeing 747 jet that will leave NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral en route for Dulles International Airport, to deliver the historic craft to the Smithsonian Institution.