Fallen space explorers honored with superfast tribute
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Two years ago, scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field were stunned when the Columbia space shuttle came apart as it returned to Earth.
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By Martin Merzer McClatchy Newspapers  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With floating hugs all around, space shuttle Discovery's crew bid farewell to the international space station and its residents Tuesday after an eight-day visit.
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One of the most innovative missions in space exploration has come to a dramatic close as Europe's first probe to the Moon crashed into the lunar surface giving stargazers around the world an astronomical fireworks display.
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The fastest-swiveling space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit on Saturday to scan the universe for celestial explosions.
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Colleagues and crew men wept as they paid their respects to the &quot;excellent&quot; officer who was a victim of the fire on board a Canadian submarine.
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Maxime A. Faget, 83, a retired NASA aeronautical engineer whose innovative designs contributed greatly to manned spacecraft from Mercury to the space shuttle, died of cancer Oct. 10 at his home in Houston.
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WASHINGTON (Dec. 15, 2004) - The Coalition for Space Exploration expresses its deep appreciation to NASA Administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe for his strong personal leadership during one of the most critical periods
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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Members of the Mojave Aerospace Ventures team: (from left) Peter Diamandis, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, pilot Brian Binnie and Richard Branson celebrate with champagne after SpaceShipOne&#39;s second suborbital flight in early October.
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HOUSTON -- The astronaut crews of NASA's shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS) lauded their joint mission as it passed the halfway mark Friday.
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Aviation pioneer Burt Rutan has been fondly remembering his childhood hero - German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The X-Prize victor recently hooked up with two surviving members of von Braun&#39;s V2 team
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By The Miami Herald  Feb. 8--The meltdown of astronaut Lisa Nowak is strange and sad. Even though we no longer throw ticker tape parades for NASA astronauts returning from outer space, they still hold a special place in our collective national image. Astronauts are our heroic pioneers.
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Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper was remembered Friday by NASA (news - web sites) officials and fellow space pioneers as &quot;not too bad of a pilot, but a heck of a good astronaut.
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By MICHAEL STROH The Baltimore Sun  Amateurs scan motes of interstellar dust captured by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.   BALTIMORE -- By day, Martin Courtney pounds out reports for a government contractor.
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For about two dozen engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, tonight&#39;s celebrations will hopefully include some high-fiving after the successful detachment
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Colorado astronomers hailed a National Academy of Sciences report Wednesday that urges NASA to send shuttle astronauts - not a robot - to save the aging Hubble Space Telescope.