The International Space Station has hundreds of experiments on board, testing everything from how plants grow in space to the effects of microgravity on an astronaut’s eyes. But NASA may have scored the ultimate controlled experiment with test subjects Scott and Mark Kelly, twin astronauts.
The Space Shuttle Endeavor is schedule to launch at 3:47 PM on today. Big crowds are expected at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida – because this is not any ordinary launch. The 14-day mission will be the Endeavor’s 25th and FINAL voyage and it is the second to last space shuttle launch in the foreseeable future. The […]
Since the start of the Apollo program in the 1960s, NASA has woken up its astronauts on the day of their space launch to the time’s most popular songs. Traditionally, the crew members, their family and friends choose the song. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman shot earlier this year, chose U2’s “Beautiful Day” when […]