The Navy takes on space invaders in big, dumb ‘Battleship’

Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News

The Navy takes on space invaders in big, dumb ‘Battleship’

There will be bigger movies this summer, and better ones and worse ones.But there will not be a dumber movie than "Battleship."Ponderous and pandering, shameless and head-slappingly silly, this Navy-vs.-aliens epic delivers a few thrills and a few laughs. In between the head slaps, that is.A pointless prologue establishes that ... Read More

California Science Center gets gift for space shuttle’s new home

Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News

California Science Center gets gift for space shuttle’s new home

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California Science Center gets gift for space shuttle’s new home

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California Science Center gets gift for space shuttle’s new home

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US-Russian crew makes smooth hookup at space station

Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News

US-Russian crew makes smooth hookup at space station

An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday, kicking off a four-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA ... Read More

US-Russian crew makes smooth hookup at space station

Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News

US-Russian crew makes smooth hookup at space station

An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday, kicking off a four-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA ... Read More

In other news…: Saudi prince visits space shuttle Discovery

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

In other news…: Saudi prince visits space shuttle Discovery

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al-Saud in 2004. (Nasser Younes/Getty Images) Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia — the first Arab astronaut to go into space — dropped by the Udvar-Hazy Center Tuesday to see Discovery, the shuttle he flew on in 1985 as a payload specialist. “I arrived a little ... Read More

In other news…: Saudi prince visits space shuttle Discovery

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

In other news…: Saudi prince visits space shuttle Discovery

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al-Saud in 2004. (Nasser Younes/Getty Images) Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia — the first Arab astronaut to go into space — dropped by the Udvar-Hazy Center Tuesday to see Discovery, the shuttle he flew on in 1985 as a payload specialist. “I arrived a little ... Read More

You can see asteroid Juno — if you have the right tools

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

You can see asteroid Juno — if you have the right tools

A small, faint asteroid will be coming into view this week, and lucky skywatchers with the right tools could catch a glimpse of the space rock. In the first few ... Read More

You can see asteroid Juno — if you have the right tools

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

You can see asteroid Juno — if you have the right tools

A small, faint asteroid will be coming into view this week, and lucky skywatchers with the right tools could catch a glimpse of the space rock. In the first few ... Read More

Space station cosmonauts to make 3D photo report

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

Space station cosmonauts to make 3D photo report

Moscow, May 17 — The crew members at the International Space Station (ISS) will make a photo report about life onboard the orbital complex, with a ... Read More

Space station cosmonauts to make 3D photo report

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

Space station cosmonauts to make 3D photo report

Moscow, May 17 — The crew members at the International Space Station (ISS) will make a photo report about life onboard the orbital complex, with a ... Read More

NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech

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NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech

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NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech

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SpaceX mission to include student experiments, emblems

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SpaceX mission to include student experiments, emblems

Students' science experiments are about to make history, launching to space on the first attempt by a U.S. commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. And ... Read More

SpaceX mission to include student experiments, emblems

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

SpaceX mission to include student experiments, emblems

Students' science experiments are about to make history, launching to space on the first attempt by a U.S. commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. And ... Read More

Colossal superflares erupt from sun-like stars

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

Colossal superflares erupt from sun-like stars

Stars like our sun can release "superflares," explosions of up to 10,000 times more energy than the solar flares seen from our sun, researchers say. However, it looks unlikely that ... Read More

Venus transit of sun may help spot alien planets

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

Venus transit of sun may help spot alien planets

Observations of next month's historic Venus transit may eventually help astronomers spot and study alien planets circling faraway stars, one prominent researcher says. On June 5, Venus will cross the ... Read More

Claude as a space alien? American Theater Company to stage the original ‘Hair’

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

Claude as a space alien? American Theater Company to stage the original ‘Hair’

Last year, Chicago's American Theater Company staged the original "Grease." In 2013, artistic director PJ Paparelli has his sights set on the original, off-Broadway version of the iconic hippie musical "Hair."According to Paparelli, ATC will stage the 1967 version of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" (first directed by Gerald Freedman ... Read More

An up-close look at star factory blazing brightly

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An up-close look at star factory blazing brightly

Huge, glowing clouds of gas and dust that will one day collapse to form massive new stars take center stage in a dazzling new photo from a European space telescope. ... Read More

Q&A: Space Historian on Historic SpaceX Launch

Published By Guest Authors On Wednesday, May 16th 2012. Under Space News

Q&A: Space Historian on Historic SpaceX Launch

This is part of a series of Wired QAs with spaceflight experts leading up to SpaceX’s launch. You can read previous interviews here. We may be at the dawn of a new, private era in space. On May 19, if all goes well, SpaceX’s ... Read More

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