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space travel

To Boldly Go

Beam Me Up, Scotty! Star Trek’s James Doohan Is Finally Having His Ashes Sent To Space

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:24 pm, May 21st, 2012

A new generation of space travel is happening as we speak. You could, perhaps, call it the next generation of space travel. Private space flights are going to start happening more and more often and we’ll get closer to the future science fiction stories have told us to much about. But before all that, one Star Trek alum will experience space a very different way. Actor James Doohan’s ashes will make their way into outer space when a privately owned rocket is sent up this week. 

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To Boldly Go

China Sending Their First Women To Space Is Even Closer To Reality

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:15 pm, March 12th, 2012

Back in December, we brought you the news that the identities of the possible first Chinese women taikonauts (their word for astronauts) may have inadvertently leaked thanks to a stamp collector in Germany. Now we’ve got some more concrete proof as an unspecified number of women have passed through to final training for the space mission. 

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It Came From Outer Space

A Lego Tribute To The End Of The Space Shuttle Era

by Jill Pantozzi | 6:00 pm, March 4th, 2012

Well this is just plain pretty. It’s a Lego-made space shuttle launch! YouTube user vinciverse writes, “The launch took place from central Germany and reached a max altitude of 35000m. A 1600g meteo balloon filled with helium was used alongside a GoPro Hero, Spot GPS and of course Lego Space Shuttle model 3367.” (The song is “Welcome Home” by Radical Face) No word on how, when or if it ever came back to Earth but I like to think it just kept going…

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she blinded me with science

Mae Jemison’s “Audacious Journey” Will Provide an Outline for the Next 100 Years of Space Exploration

by Jamie Frevele | 4:15 pm, January 6th, 2012

Last February, NASA and DARPA announced a joint-venture soliciting ideas for the next step in human space exploration. The 100-Year Starship study collected entries until July from various experts in the field, resulting in a ton of ideas for a one-way manned mission into space. And now, the best idea has been chosen, and it was written by a true pioneer in space travel: Mae Jemison, former astronaut and the first black woman in space, submitted the winning proposal, entitled “An Inclusive Audacious Journey Transforms Life Here on Earth & Beyond.”

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Vital Information for Your Everyday Life

Attention Space Travelers: Here’s Your Excuse to Load Up on Red Wine

by Jamie Frevele | 4:01 pm, July 2nd, 2011

This might be the best news ever that we absolutely want to believe is absolutely true: the antioxidants in red wine have been shown to help repair the effects of muscle atrophy and bone loss that come with weightlessness in astronauts. Not only that, but those are two things that are also side effects of a sedentary lifestyle. So, if you’re traveling into space or spending all your time watching TV shows about traveling into space, red wine is officially good for you. Science says so.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The Muppet Teaser Poster

by Jamie Frevele | 5:30 pm, May 14th, 2011

Okay, before we acknowledge how awesome this is, let’s address the flash on Kermit’s chest, which is probably just a camera flash or a light reflection, and not some sort of ET thing. Okay. Now: OMG The Muppet Movie is COMING! (At Geek Tyrant)

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The Final Frontier

The Enterprise Space Shuttle Will Dock in New York City

by Jamie Frevele | 9:28 am, April 13th, 2011

Okay, we’re going to brag the tiniest bit about living in New York City, just for a moment: The Enterprise Space Shuttle, which has never flown in space but gave us confidence that we could, will be brought to New York City’s Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. It is one of four shuttles that have been retired by NASA that will find new homes in places all over the country. Expected to arrive late next year, the Enterprise will be housed in a glass enclosure on Pier 86 on the West side and is sure to attract thousands of additional tourists a year. There is a bit of political hullabaloo over why Houston didn’t end up with any of the four shuttles, but according to The Daily News, the effort “never got off the launch pad and was shut out.”

Built in 1976 as an engineless prototype to be used for training, the Enterprise was almost named the Constitution, but at the urging of a horde of Trekkies, it was named the Enterprise instead.

(Matter Anti-Matter, The Daily News)

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