Space Banana to Soar Over Texas
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Why does a Canadian artist want to put a giant fruit blimp in low Earth orbit over the Lone Star State? By Lara Crigger.
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Fall is in the air. Texas is coming to town. The Big 12 is up for grabs.
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A Russian Soyuz rocket is due to blast off from the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan early Thursday. Astronaut Leroy Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipovalso will observe conditions on
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By Patrick Lynch, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 8--JAMESTOWN -- A relic from the early days of exploration in Virginia is to take a ride into outer space on NASA's space shuttle Atlantis tonight.
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By Polly Ross Hughes, Houston Chronicle  Sep. 20--AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry plans to tout a $7.5 million incentive package in Houston today for a Lockheed Martin Corp. contract with NASA that will bring 1,000 lucrative jobs to the area.
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A U.S. rocket entrepreneur on Thursday   joined the ranks attempting to get space tourism off the   ground.
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Kern County -- The first privately funded rocket to reach space completed the first half of a $10 million flight competition Wednesday by soaring to an altitude of 64 miles -- but only after enduring a white-knuckle series of barrel rolls.
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Rocket geeks are flocking to the X Prize Cup "rocket festival" this weekend in New Mexico. On show are rockets, robots and planes, as well as a flying lunar lander, courtesy of game designer John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace.
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By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle Discovery is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the International Space Station (ISS). But weather may intervene.
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By Amanda Codispoti, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 7--Roanokers should be able to look to the sky tonight and see space  shuttle Discovery as it makes its way to the international space station.
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By RON MOORE  A SALTIRE that has flown above the Scottish Parliament is to be taken into space by Nasa.   Astronaut Nick Patrick, whose mum is from Skye, will take the flag on his maiden space shuttle mission in December.
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By ERIC FEBER  by eric feber the virginian-pilot  If the weather holds in Florida and NASA's space shuttle Discovery launches at 9:35 tonight from Cape Canaveral, Hampton Roads residents should be able to track it with their naked eyes.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA is finally ready to fly its first mission of the year, with space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts scheduled for liftoff on Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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SPACE.com / NASA's space shuttle Atlantis appears to be in good health after weathering what is now Tropical Storm Ernesto, and is once more being primed for a September launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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By Amanda Ricker, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 14--An Oklee, Minn., teacher is flying high -- all the way to space camp.
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A privately funded spacecraft appeared to rocket past its target altitude more than 60 miles above California&#39;s high desert yesterday