Stellar Space Thriller

Sandra Bullock out acts George Clooney in the stunning Gravity, the rare movie with real magic

By Alex Bentley

10.05.13 | 4:01 pm

As a film critic, I’m seldom surprised by what any particular movie throws my way. Having seen thousands of movies, it’s rare that a film truly offers something new. When one does, I ...

Space Doll

Mars Barbie puts NASA in the toy business: Pink in space?

By Marika Rafte

08.11.13 | 9:02 am

An unlikely duo has come together to make a toy that’s out of this world. Mattel and NASA have launched a Mars Explorer Barbie. The doll's been released to coincide with the one- ...

Space City Snubbed

Name Houston's fake space shuttle!? Consolation prize now touted by a snubbed Space City

By Whitney Radley

07.02.13 | 2:28 pm

Undeterred by getting snubbed in the space shuttle shuffle, Space Center Houston — the official visitor center of Johnson Space Center — received a high-fidelity shuttle ...

Pix of the day

The most stunning Supermoon pictures: It's just bigger in Texas

By Barbara Kuntz, Tyler Rudick

06.24.13 | 11:49 pm

Sky-gazers across Texas snapped shots of the supermoon this weekend, when our lunar neighbor appeared roughly 13.5 percent larger that usual. And how does this all happen, you may ask ...

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 ...