International Space Station

Too Much Space

Someone Cut the Wires on Our Space Equipment? Time to Head to the Bar. Unless, of Course, You Were Wanting to Have Sex...

Ike's Effects Reach Into Space

Science Friction

Architect Constance Adams designed an inflatable house that could take American astronauts to Mars. NASA wants to build it, but Congress keeps bursting the bubble.

NASA Has To Deal With Crummy Contractors, Just Like The Rest Of Us

Architect Constance Adams designed an inflatable house that could take American astronauts to Mars. NASA wants to build it, but Congress keeps bursting the bubble.

Take Our Shuttle Quiz And See If You're A Space Expert

NASA is back in space, via a dramatic nighttime launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The mission will expand and repair the International Space Station, and exchange out crew members. NASA has largely dropped from public consciousness -- at least until the "Mars, Bitches!!" program begins -- ... More >>

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On At The Space Station

Every so often, the International Space Station makes a routine adjustment that involves firing some rockets to adjust the orbit. Usually it creates so small a motion that those on board have been known to sleep through it.Not on January 14, according to newly released info. The "routine adjustment" ... More >>

Suggested Names For NASA's New Space Station Module

Photo courtesy NASANASA is asking for the public's help in coming up with a name for the newest module on the International Space Station.The module will be "the world's ultimate observation deck": Eight refrigerator-sized racks in the Node 3 module will provide room for many of the station's life ... More >>

Space Odyssey

Tom Moser wants to put Texas on the map as a commercial launch pad for cargo-carrying rockets

See Yourself On TV From Space!

Photo courtesy NASAHere's something neat from NASA that will let you while away your cubicle hours waiting for the corporate ax to fall: live shots of Earth from the space station.The International Space Station will be streaming live video from external cameras seven days a week at this website. Th ... More >>

Loreta Kovacic

Photo courtesy NASAHere's something neat from NASA that will let you while away your cubicle hours waiting for the corporate ax to fall: live shots of Earth from the space station.The International Space Station will be streaming live video from external cameras seven days a week at this website. Th ... More >>

Playbill

Photo courtesy NASAHere's something neat from NASA that will let you while away your cubicle hours waiting for the corporate ax to fall: live shots of Earth from the space station.The International Space Station will be streaming live video from external cameras seven days a week at this website. Th ... More >>

Serious Cinema

Set in 1948, Kedma explores a present-day problem

Lance in Space

Coming soon to a TV near you: hardbodies in zero-G

IMAX by Extraterrestrials

Astronauts film life aboard the space station in stunning 3-D

Slainte -- Let The Pee-Drinking Begin!

Photo by bobbymondToday NASA made history again, breaking down barriers: For the first time (that we know of), astronauts drank their own urine in space.The piss was said to be "purified" and "recycled" and all that, but the bottom line is the bottom line: They might as well sign up for this website ... More >>

Dawn of the Space Age

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The Five Worst Movies Being Shown On The International Space Station

​Maybe this has come out before -- the list seems to be a year old -- but we noticed today a story in the British paper The Guardian about the list of DVDs NASA has provided to the International Space Station.The actual list is here, released under the Freedom of Information Act. Movies are appare ... More >>

Aftermath: U2 at Reliant Stadium - One Love, We Get to Share It

Photos by Groovehouse/ Click here for a slideshow​A day or two before U2 (and love) came to town, a friend emailed us a joke. At least we think it's a joke. It really doesn't have anything to do with U2, except that it has everything to do with U2. "I was so depressed last night thinking about the ... More >>

See Your Tax Dollars At Work: The Space Station Flying Over Houston

Photo courtesy NASA​This week will be a great one for seeing the International Space Station -- especially tonight, NASA says.Assuming the night sky stays clear, the ISS will be visible for three minutes starting at 6:09 p.m.Look five degrees above north-northwest and track it as it heads to 11 de ... More >>

What Are You Looking At?

​ What are you looking at here? A window pane shattered by a rock or bullet? Some kind of art project?No. You are looking at.......

Steamed Chicken with Ginger Scallion Dipping Sauce

​This is one of my favorite recipes. It's easy and delicious, and it can feed two adults for four to six business days. Also this is a favorite recipe because I get to use a mezzaluna (pictured below), one of my favorite tools in the kitchen. Growing up, my mama made me mince the old-fashioned ... More >>

Asgard Heroes: The Nerd Game Of Choice On The International Space Station

A view much more interesting than anything else you'd see from the Space Station, apparently​In case you needed any further evidence that astronauts have moved into full nerd-dom from their test-pilot beginnings, you need only to know that two of the current crew of the International Space Station ... More >>

NASA's "Face In Space": Send Porn To The Space Station!!

Porn in space: America demands this​NASA announced today a "Face in Space" program, where you can upload pictures of yourself that will be transferred to the International Space Station."Launch your face into space," the agency says.Why just the face? Why not....other parts?NASA spokesman Ja ... More >>

Annise Parker Touches Down In Oklahoma City For Astronaut Movie Premiere

​Last weekend marked the 10th year for Oklahoma City's deadCENTER Film Festival. Since its beginnings as a small, largely local fest in 2000, it has grown into one of the summer's bigger festivals, drawing thousands of attendees each year and attracting filmmakers from across the world.The closing ... More >>

Expert Advice

Accused child-porn fan advises on outing sex offenders.

Space Shuttle Discovery: Five Notable Missions, For Better Or Worse

Godspeed, Discovery​The space shuttle Discovery headed to the pad yesterday for its last trip into space.The 26-year-old craft has seen a lot in its career, some good, some bad, some odd. Here are five highlights:5. Being used as an old-folks' tour busIn 1998 Discovery took John Glenn up to space ... More >>

Intelligent Life

When NASA employee April Evans questioned animal experiments, her career fell apart.

Westbury's Shannon Walker Gazes Out Windows A Lot Better Than You Do

Photo by astro_wheelsStop daydreaming, young lady​It's a little dark, so you have to look close but check out this picture of Houston's own Shannon Walker checking out the traffic on the West Loop. She's in the new-ish Cupola that's been installed on the International Space Station, digging th ... More >>

NASA's Latest High-Resolution Photo: Has Google Maps Robbed Us Of Our Sense Of Wonder?

Photo courtesy NASA​You're looking at one of the highest-resolution photos ever taken from the International Space Station, posted this week by NASA. NASA says it has a resolution of two the three meters per pixel, due to (WARNING: geek talk incoming) "using lens "doublers" to increase the op ... More >>

Kickass Movies of the Year

Our Ten Favorites from 2010 – including Jackass 3D.

NASA's Astronomy Picture Of The Day: 2010's Ten Best

For 15 years now, NASA has been putting out an Astronomy Picture of the Day, picking whatever hits their fancy from the archives or new stuff coming in from up above. Here are ten of the best they posted this year. 10. Atlantis takes off Photos courtesy NASA​In the early morning hours of Jul ... More >>

2000 - 2010: A DECADE TO FORGET

How Things Went Downhill

Gabrielle Giffords: NASA's Moment of Silence, and a Message From the Space Station

NASA held a moment of silence for the victims of the Tucson shooting today, victims who of course included Representative Gabrielle Giffords, wife of an astronaut. The congresswoman's brother-in-law, Scott Kelly, spoke from the International Space Station as part of the event and criticized harsh ... More >>

NASA's Robots: Now They're Just Trying to Freak Us Out

NASA photosThe singularity is coming, you carbon-based piece of shit​ZDnet's put out a photo gallery of the new robot, R2, who is in the shuttle headed up to the International Space Station as we speak. The pictures aren't new, but seeing them all together can give you the creeps. (You can a ... More >>

NASA, Free That Robot Now!!

Discovery's been at the International Space Station for days now, and still no robot action. Even President Obama's getting antsy. He told the astronauts yesterday they should let R2 out of his packaging and allow him to "stretch his legs." (We're sure they had to bite their tongues to keep from bl ... More >>

The Ultimate Musical Space Shuttle Crew

​The first man to ever leave the Earth and venture into space was a Russian cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin, who, if he hadn't died at the young age of 34 in a plane crash he would be 77 years old today. Garagrin was launched into space on April 12, 1961, and orbited once around the planet in 108 ... More >>

Astronaut Plays Jethro Tull Flute In Space

Rocks Off has been trying to come up with a "space rock" joke all day, but we can't, so we'll just say this is pretty cool. Today we got an email from Austin nonprofit Dart Music International with a link to the above video, which premiered during SXSW. It's astronaut (and musician) Cady Coleman ... More >>

Astronaut Catherine Coleman: New Video of Jamming in Space

Our sister blog Rocks Off was sent the above video, which premiered at SXSW, and we're happy to pass it along in case you missed it over there. Astronaut Catherine Coleman is a flute player; as has been reported, she has flutes from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and two of the Chieftains with her at t ... More >>

Space Shuttles: Ten Ways Los Angeles and New York Can Show Theirs Off, Dammit

Bi-wing airplanes...pfft. Try this on for size, Kong.​This week, we learned that Houston, essentially the birthplace of the space shuttle program, will not be given one of the four remaining shuttles. Two of the four cities receiving them are both deserving and appropriate: Washington D.C. (fo ... More >>

30 Seconds With Zoe Keating

Rocks Off sat down with the amazing one-woman orchestra they call Zoe Keating to find out what we could learn about the avant-garde cellist in 30 seconds. zoekeating.com​Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? Zoe Keating: One person's pleasure is another person's poison, so let's j ... More >>

Space Shuttle Endeavour: Its Five Coolest Mission Patches

Monday, barring yet another delay, the space shuttle Endeavour will take off on its 25th and final mission. Each mission gets its own patch, of course, designed with input from the crew. The five coolest mission patches Endeavour has had: 5. STS-49, May 1992 Endeavour's inaugural flight paid tribu ... More >>

Today's Cool NASA Photo: Star Trek Never Looked As Good As This

NASA​Looking like something out of Hollywood, this new picture by a member of the current Endeavour mission shows the International Space Station as if it was a space sailing ship, headed for the golden glow of the horizon.

ZZ Top Debuts New Song... In Space

​The first bit of music from ZZ Top's long-awaited, long-delayed, semi-mythical forthcoming album has leaked... but not anywhere on Earth. Astronaut and friend of ZZ Michael Fossum, currently headed to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft, is carrying a copy of "Flyin' High ... More >>

NASA Streams ZZ Top's Brand-New "Flyin' High"

​NASA is now streaming "Flyin' High," that brand-new ZZ Top song bound for the International Space Station Rocks Off told you about yesterday, on its Web site. Now all us Earthlings can listen too.

Okay, The Mysterious Face On the Space Station Is Freaking Us Out

NASAJust upper-right of the center? That's a MAN, baby​Yesterday we posted some great new video from NASA of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station, seven minutes of mostly silent footage that screamed out for a soundtrack. We synched up David Bowie's "Width of a Circ ... More >>

Perry's Prayerapalooza Sparks Protests: Gov's gathering proves controversial

NASAJust upper-right of the center? That's a MAN, baby​Yesterday we posted some great new video from NASA of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station, seven minutes of mostly silent footage that screamed out for a soundtrack. We synched up David Bowie's "Width of a Circ ... More >>

Great Picture of Atlantis Turnin' & Burnin' for Home

NASA​NASA says this picture is "unprecedented," and who are we to doubt them? Taken from the International Space Station, the shot shows Atlantis beginning its descent through the earth's atmosphere, as things heat up and everyone says prayers to the heat-shield god.

An Amateur Lands The Space Shuttle

Boyd MeierKym in the sim​Be sure to check out our pics from the Atlantis astronauts' homecoming at Johnson Space Center. You often hear the expression "a once in a lifetime experience," and while this may or may not always be true, for those lucky enough to participate in a NASA Tweet-up, not ... More >>

A Pendulum In Space: Kids Learn It Ain't The Same

NASA has posted new videos of International Space Station astronauts doing experiments proposed by schoolkids, and it includes this easy-to-grasp one. Everyone knows how a pendulum acts on Earth. How about in zero gravity? Astronaut Cady Coleman -- who shows again why she made our list of Seven Wil ... More >>