The Mary Sue

Second Time’s the Charm: SpaceX Launches to International Space Station

by Max Eddy May 22nd

Commercial space company SpaceX has had a long road to this morning's launch to the International Space Station. The mission, originally planned months ago, has seen repeated delays and a frustrating automatic abort earlier this week. Today's launch seemed to make up for all of that, when the Falcon 9 rocket lifted flawlessly off the launchpad, carrying the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.

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

To Boldly Go

by Jill Pantozzi May 21st

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.

What Is This Green Sock Puppet Hand on the Spider-Man Set All About?

Educated Guess

by Jamie Frevele May 9th

So, this picture from the New York City set of The Amazing Spider-Man has been making the rounds and it's left people wondering about Rhys Ifans' hand. Namely: Is that Kermit? (Answer: No. Probably not.) Let's speculate the pants off of this.