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$200,000 will get you a stingy 5 minutes of weightlessness

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 1:28pm

Want to travel to space? It'll cost you. Specifically, it'll cost you $200,000, at least if you want to fly the friendly space skies with Virgin Galactic. That's the oft-rumored but recently confirmed price of a trip with them.

There is way, way more water on the moon than we thought

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 11:15am

Last year, NASA blasted a hole in the moon looking for water. Some water sprayed up, but just how much hasn't been known until now. Turns out, it was 41 gallons, way more than anyone was expecting.

Vulture 1, the first paper airplane launched into space

Michael Trei

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 9:11am

I'm lucky if I can get a paper airplane to stay up for five seconds, but a British team has plans to launch a paper plane into space...sort of.

Image of the Day: what does Houston, TX look like from space?

Megan Wollerton

Friday, October 22, 2010 - 6:00am

In early 2010, NASA took this gorgeous shot of Houston, Texas. Captured at night from the international space station, this image "depicts the roughly 100 kilometers (approximately 62 miles) east-west extent of the Houston metropolitan area."

Hubble telescope sets record, spies galaxy 13 billion light years away

Kevin Hall

Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 1:18pm

The Hubble space telescope is tirelessly peering into the universe around us, and a group of researchers recently confirmed that Hubble has set a record for the most distant object seen yet. What's more, the existence of the distant galaxy is raising new questions.

Image of the Day: Crowd-sourcing astronomy

Megan Wollerton

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 6:00am

Google Sky is great when you want to see images from NASA or the Hubble Telescope. But what about a way to share images of space taken by individuals around the world?

Hubble offers an insanely clear view of another nebula

Kevin Hall

Friday, October 15, 2010 - 1:19pm

Oh, Hubble! How we love the view of distant galaxies you offer us. Up today is the Lagoon Nebula in the Sagittarius constellation. Hubble's taken a picture so clear that you can see every ripple in the nebula's murky starscape.

Bad news: making babies in space could be dangerous

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 3:15pm

It's almost surprising it hasn't happened already: someone getting pregnant in space. I mean, we've got astronauts of both sexes hanging out up in the International Space Station, so what's the holdup? Well, whatever the reason, it turns out it's probably for the best.

iPhone survives a trip into space and returns without any damage

Raymond Wong

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 2:42pm

For having the guts to launch an iPhone attached to a weather balloon 100,000 feet into the atmosphere, Luke and Max Geissbuhler, I salute you.

NASA bill takes us to Mars and gives the Shuttle one last hurrah

Michael Trei

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 12:46pm

Put away the mothballs! President Obama has signed the bi-partisan NASA reauthorization bill into law, charting a new direction for the space agency over the next few years. In addition to setting long-term goals for human exploration of both Mars and asteriods, the new plan extends the life of the Space Shuttle by at least one flight.

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$200,000 will get you a stingy 5 minutes of weightlessness

There is way, way more water on the moon than we thought

Vulture 1, the first paper airplane launched into space

Image of the Day: what does Houston, TX look like from space?

Hubble telescope sets record, spies galaxy 13 billion light years away

Image of the Day: Crowd-sourcing astronomy

Hubble offers an insanely clear view of another nebula

Bad news: making babies in space could be dangerous

iPhone survives a trip into space and returns without any damage

NASA bill takes us to Mars and gives the Shuttle one last hurrah

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