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A Super Bowl Rocket Ship

Houston Super Bowl to include a rocket ship ride, a Space Needle and big-name concerts

By Chris Baldwin

San Francisco may have submitted its Super Bowl bid on iPad Minis, but Houston is determined to put on the Super Bowl that will truly bring the NFL into the future. Those grand plans include a ...


Super Guppy

Mystery solved: Bizarre mega-aircraft at Hobby Airport is part of Space City's forgotten past

By Tyler Rudick

A strange piece of Space City history was unlocked this week after a local Reddit user posted an image of one of the oddest aircrafts ever flown this side of Area 51. Basically, picture a& ...


Historic Space Auction

Crazy astronaut swag hits the auction block, prompts moon questions and sunglass fever

By Whitney Radley

Bits of history are going, going, gone in an online auction held by Bonhams' New York auction house. The company calls the Space History Sale "some of the very best space history mate ...


It's the future

Houston looks to convert airport into a spaceport — no, really: Super space flights anticipated

By Whitney Radley

If NASA's space shuttle program is essentially dead, does Houston's Space City moniker still apply? Perhaps if we have a spaceport it will, and Mario Diaz, director of aviation for the ...


History in orbit

NASA holds a crazy, going-out-of-business sale: Need a launch pad? Bid now!

By Whitney Radley

Now that the space shuttle program has been relegated to history, NASA is holding something of a going-out-of-business sale to distribute its Kennedy Space Center effects — although even the ...


The World's End

Your cheat sheet to the Mayan apocalypse: Doomsday survival tips, new insights & doubters

By Tarra Gaines

Obviously still feeling cocky after showing off its Gangnam Style moves, NASA has released a video to be viewed on Dec. 22 titled “Why the World Didn’t End Yesterday.” T ...


Parody

NASA Johnson Center does a "Gangnam Style" space parody — and it's surprisingly good

By Whitney Radley

In this era of the viral video, people seem unwilling to just let an original work stand on its own, instead creating spoof upon spoof in hopes of replicating that success. Think "All the Sing ...


the final frontier

Star power: Google's "100,000 Stars" project maps solar system with advanced technologies

By Austin Sanders

Google recently released its latest science project, a galactic visualization simulator called “100,000 Stars.” The web application developed by the search engine company’s r ...


"Mohawk Guy" included

Mission to Mars: NASA engineers visit Rice University to talk about Curiosity

By Whitney Radley

Who didn't await the outcome of the Mars Curiosity's "seven minutes of terror" with bated breath and an eye on the guy sporting a mohawk in the NASA control room? On Thur ...


Bringing history to life

An exclusive first look at the plans for Houston's new $40 million cultural center and its Epcot link

By Tyler Rudick

Long on swamps and short on cowboys, southeast Texas is a bit of a square peg when it comes to Lone Star State history. But thanks to businessman John Nau and the forthcoming Nau Center for Tex ...


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