manned space flight

NASA is giving you the chance to get your boarding pass and put your name in the history books by having it flown into space this December on board the Orion spacecrafts test flight.

Ever wonder what The Northern Lights looks like from space? Well, our friends at the European Space Agency just took some great video from the ISS showing what it looks like.

The 1960s were an exciting decade, especially if you were interested in space exploration as I was. On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 was launched on its journey for the first manned moon landing.

July 20th 2014 marks the 45th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon. SyFy is celebrating by releasing an UFO alien conspiracy show dealing with a secret moon mission called Apollo 20, and alien bodies being recovered.

Ever wanted to know what beer could taste like brewed in space? Michael Bodzianowski at age 11 will boldly go where no man has gone before, brewing beer in space.

Is life on Mars? One NASA photo now has people worldwide puzzled with this question. Many people are seeing a Lizard on Mars in a photo. Check it out here and you be the judge.

Of course being in space sounds like a pretty cool thing and being an astronaut is the dream of many many kids growing up, but our bodies weren't created to live in space, much less be there so basic things we take for granted suddenly take on different meanings without gravity. Like crying. So if you're homesick for planet earth here's what you can expect once the waterworks start...

Many people have been waking up to this morning of news of a Russian Meteorite and Asteroid 2012 DA14. Many have been asking the following question: Was the Russian Meteorite (meteor) this morning related to Asteroid 2012 DA14? What connection does the Russian meteroite and Asteroid 2012 DA14 share? Nasa has answers for that very question.

The small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14's flyby will happen today (2/15). Don't be alaramed, it won't be like the movie Armageddon. No need to send Bruce Willis up to blow the rock up. However, it will be on of the coolest things' you'll ever see. Has DA14 passed Earth yet? Want to watch the asteroid 2012 DA14 fly by Earth? You can check out these live webcams, and live streams from around the wor

If I said the name Ed Robertson would you know who I'm talking about? Well Robertson is part of the Barenaked Ladies and he just co-wrote a song with astronaut and International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield. The best part about this performance is that Hadfield recorded this in space, and it's being called the first original song in space. Here's a video of the song “I.S.S. (Is Somebody

The Moon is not like planet Earth. Earth has an atmosphere full of oxygen for living creatures to breathe in, on the Moon you'd be gasping for air. On the moon, there's no air to breathe, no summer breezes, no movement of air because there is no oxygen...

Gordon Cooper was one of the original Mercury Astronauts, and the last American to fly in space alone. On May 15, 1963 he shot into space in a Mercury capsule for a 22 orbit journey around the world. During that journey, a glowing green object would approach his capsule.