Historic Space Auction

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

By Whitney Radley

03.25.13 | 4:02 pm

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

03.07.13 | 4:33 pm

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 ...

SpaceUp Houston Unconference & Commercial Spaceflight Panel

02.08.13 - 02.09.13

On Friday, SpaceUp Houston hosts the fourth annual Commercial Spaceflight Panel during which guests can hear directly from aerospace industry representatives on commercial 

History in orbit

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

By Whitney Radley

01.09.13 | 1:54 pm

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

12.20.12 | 11:57 am

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 ...

the final frontier

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

By Austin Sanders

11.25.12 | 8:08 am

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 ...

To infinity and beyond

Still no flying car, but Star Trek warp speed is possible, according to NASA

By Sarah Rufca

09.25.12 | 2:39 pm

Let me tell you my No. 1 complaint about science fiction: Nothing from the future ever materializes. I have no hoverboard, no flying car, no three-hour workday a la George Jetson (unless you co ...

a new beginning

Occupy Mars! Space Center Houston celebrates the momentous Curiosity landing and NASA's triumphant return

By Tyler Rudick

08.06.12 | 9:28 am

"Everybody take a deep breath," NASA's John Connolly said from a temporary stage at Space Center Houston early Monday morning. "The seven minutes of terror starts . . . now." ...

the final frontier

Intergalactic space travel to lift off in H-Town? Mayor Parker, other bigwigs beam up warp-speed plan

By Tyler Rudick

07.17.12 | 6:02 am

Outside the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise, there aren't many serious conversations about warp-speed engines, asteroid mining and exoplanets . . . That is, unless you're at an event s ...

"We discovered Earth"

Neil deGrasse Tyson makes an inspiring case for NASA in "We Stopped Dreaming"

By Sarah Rufca

06.05.12 | 11:14 am

If the United States was to have a scientist-in-chief, it would have to be Neil deGrasse Tyson. (Sorry, Bill Nye.) Tyson is an astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, a research as ...