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    May 16, 2012

    Top 7 Promotional Music Gimmicks -- Both Used & Unused

    One of the most interesting things in the music business is how managers and record companies promote and market their artists. Sometimes they do a great job, and other times they fail. When they do fail, their like that hickey you got three weeks ago -- still there. But, like a hickey, people even ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Summer Sports Slam

    One of the most interesting things in the music business is how managers and record companies promote and market their artists. Sometimes they do a great job, and other times they fail. When they do fail, their like that hickey you got three weeks ago -- still there. But, like a hickey, people even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Retired Space Shuttles: Will Houston Get Shut Out?

    A space shuttle on display​Discovery has landed safely, ending its last mission of a long and fruitful career. It's expected to spend its retirement at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum branch in Virginia. Two other space shuttles are retiring this year -- the Endeavour and Atlantis -- and 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    SpaceCenter Houston's Rocket Park Fills In A Missing Piece

    Photo via CollectSpaceThe Gemini-Titan, ready for refurbishing​Last week, with little fanfare, a truck rolled up to the Johnson Space Center with a unique cargo.It was a replica of a Gemini-Titan rocket with capsule, and it means SpaceCenter's Rocket Park will fill in a missing piece of JSC histor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Unidentified Male, 22, Bayou Body Count No. 160

    No charges filed in deadly shooting​An argument turned fatal in a neighborhood near the Johnson Space Center Sunday morning.An unidentified male went to a home in the 1900 block of Richvale about 9:40 a.m. to "confront" several people "about an earlier disturbance," police say.The man, whose ident ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Tweet, Tweet

    Readers resppond to "The Twitterverse."

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Don't Believe the Hype

    Houston's Most Overrated Attractions

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    The Five Most Overrated Houston Attractions

    Let's be honest, there's one main reason visitors come to Houston -- to visit relatives. Or, if they're from the hinterlands of Texas, to see a major league baseball game (sorry, you'll have to settle for the Astros) or the rodeo.But Houston, like every other city, has to sell itself as a tourist de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Health Dept. Roundup: 77056-77063

    ​We're forging ahead here on Health Department Roundup, trekking through the city's zip codes one by one. If you live, work or, more importantly, eat in 77056-77063 (mainly an area just west of the Loop and a few pockets near Aldine, the Johnson Space Center and Hobby Airport), this is your he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    House of Enchiladas

    ​Deep in Friendswood (it isn't that far away, people) is an establishment that has ballooned into an enchilada institution. It's called La Casita (18043 County Rd. 127), and Tom Hanks ate here during the filming of Apollo 13 at Space Center Houston. It's also the local dive of a recent Bachelo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009
  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    George Lucas Comes To Space Center Houston, Sorta

    Photo courtesy Space Center HoustonScience fact and science fiction come face-to-face at the "Cinema of George Lucas" and "Live the Adventure" exhibits currently at Space Center Houston. Comprised of  the personal memorabilia of filmmaker George Lucas (much of it never seen before in public), a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Ike's Effects Reach Into Space

    Photo courtesy Space Center HoustonScience fact and science fiction come face-to-face at the "Cinema of George Lucas" and "Live the Adventure" exhibits currently at Space Center Houston. Comprised of  the personal memorabilia of filmmaker George Lucas (much of it never seen before in public), a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2008

    Saturday Afternoon: Bay Area Rally at Space Center Houston

    Photo courtesy Space Center HoustonScience fact and science fiction come face-to-face at the "Cinema of George Lucas" and "Live the Adventure" exhibits currently at Space Center Houston. Comprised of  the personal memorabilia of filmmaker George Lucas (much of it never seen before in public), a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 1, 2007

    Ballunar Liftoff Festival

    NASA hosts 100-plus hot air balloons

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2007

    We Truly Do Live in a Spaced City

    NASA hosts 100-plus hot air balloons

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2006

    What, No South Fondren?

    NASA hosts 100-plus hot air balloons

  • Culture

    May 26, 2005

    We Know What You Should Do This Summer

    Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Not Rocket Science

    NASA can get political -- for Tom DeLay

  • Calendar

    June 12, 2003

    The Real Ramona

    A book character springs to life

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Coming Down

    A "routine" shuttle descent winds up stunning Space City

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Coming Down

    A "routine" shuttle descent winds up stunning Space City

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    A-cute Sexism

    Plus: Firefighters to the Rescue, Shut Her Up, Hair-ied Reporters

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2002

    Space Center & Me

    Or, how I learned to stop caring and accept the dumb

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    RV Xmas

    In which our intrepid reporter goes searching for the heart of America on a trailer pad. And finds disappointment, isolation, kindness and a great way to cook himself a turkey.

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    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.

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Weary of the Wows

    A Houston junket and the jaded of Hollywood

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2000

    NASA Gets Weird

    A Houston junket and the jaded of Hollywood

  • Calendar

    June 24, 1999

    Night & Day

    June 24 - 30, 1999

  • Calendar

    August 27, 1998

    Night & Day

    August 27 - September 2, 1998

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Space Odyssey

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

  • Calendar

    July 2, 1998

    Night & Day

    July 2 - 8, 1998

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1998

    Night & Day

    June 18 - 24, 1998

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Rocket Men

    Two starry-eyed entrepreneurs shoot for the moon -- or at least for suborbital space

  • Calendar

    August 21, 1997

    Press Picks

    Two starry-eyed entrepreneurs shoot for the moon -- or at least for suborbital space

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    The X(erox) Files

    Erin O'Shey and her friends thought the truth needed to be out there

  • Calendar

    March 20, 1997

    Press Picks

    Erin O'Shey and her friends thought the truth needed to be out there

  • Calendar

    July 11, 1996

    Press Picks

    Erin O'Shey and her friends thought the truth needed to be out there

  • Calendar

    May 23, 1996

    Beat the Heat!

    1996 Summer Guide

  • News

    February 15, 1996

    Reverse Sting

    A Lightning Strike target turns the tape on the FBI

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Letters

    A Lightning Strike target turns the tape on the FBI

  • Calendar

    August 24, 1995

    Press Picks

    A Lightning Strike target turns the tape on the FBI

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    Last Strike?

    The FBI's NASA sting operation may finally be headed to court

  • News

    March 9, 1995

    Struck Twice

    David Proctor says he's getting a stiff sentence for speaking out

  • News

    October 27, 1994

    The Cloud Over Lightning Strike

    Did the U.S. government spend $2 million just to nail little guys like David Proctor?

  • Calendar

    July 28, 1994

    Press Picks

    Did the U.S. government spend $2 million just to nail little guys like David Proctor?

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