NASA, Google aim for virtual space travel on Web
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Web surfers may soon be able to  explore the canyons of Mars and experience a virtual flight  over the surface of the moon thanks to a deal announced on  Monday between Web search company Google Inc. and the NASA Ames  Research Center.
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Newly released NASA e-mails hint at something more than a professional relationship between former astronaut Lisa Nowak and a space shuttle pilot
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Plus: Shuttle docks with space station. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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The space agency says it has added new lunar imagery to Google's Moon Web site.
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LOS ANGELES - Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
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Work is underway to establish the first interplanetary laser communication link. The &#36;300 million NASA experiment, if successful, will connect robotic spacecraft at Mars with scientists back on Earth via a beam of light traveling some 300 million kilometers.
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The U.S. space program should look to collaboration and open systems to drive the next wave of human exploration and innovation, says the chairman and CEO of Google.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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Google Inc. is best known for finding information online, but sometimes the Internet search leader also works behind the scenes to look for missing people like renowned aviator Steve Fossett.
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For those who want to explore Mars but cant wait for a spacecraft to take them there, NASA scientists have reformulated a website that lets the general public search data and images from previous missions.
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Two Russian computers aboard the International Space Station that quit  working yesterday are slowly coming back online, according to NASA.
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Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million contest that could significantly boost the commercial space industry and spur the first non-governmental flight to the moon.
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America Online Inc. (AOL) is aiming to get a piece of the travel search market, announcing plans Friday to introduce a new Web-based property to compete with the likes of Travelocity.com and Expedia Inc.
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HOUSTON - If the weather cooperates, the International Space Station (news - web sites) should be visible at various times during the holidays from the continental United States, NASA (news - web sites) said Tuesday.
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America Online is aiming to get a piece of the travel search market, announcing plans to introduce a new Web-based property to compete with the likes of Travelocity.
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Google Inc. co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are reportedly paying $1.3 million a year so their Boeing 767 plane can take off, land and park at a NASA-managed airport located just a few minutes away from the Internet search leader's Silicon Valley headquarters.
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Google Inc. said on Wednesday it  had created Web software that runs both online, and offline,  marking a sea change for the Internet industry by letting users  work on planes, trains, spotty connections and even in the most  remote locations.