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NASA Love Triangle Ends in Woman's Death

Madeleine Davies — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:15:00 EST

NASA To Tackle Important Space-Cookie Question

Dana Zemack — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:30:00 EST

Dana Zemack has been making stick figure comics since she was 12. This week, she made one just for us. More »

Watch NASA's Final Shuttle Launch

Whitney Jefferson — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Moments ago, NASA sent Atlantis and its four astronauts into the final space shuttle mission after over 30 years of space exploration. It's hard to believe that the STS-135 mission is the last — but oh, was it beautiful to watch. More »

NASA Announces Shuttle Launch Delay

Anna North — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:43:41 EDT

NASA has announced that the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, originally scheduled for this afternoon, has been pushed back at least 48 hours. Via Twitter, the space folks pointed to a problem with the "Auxiliary Power Unit 1 heaters." But we figure the royal wedding is probably to blame somehow. More »

In The Future, Meat Will Be Grown In A Lab

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:44:00 EST

While it sounds like the plot of something Kurt Vonnegut might write after reading Upton Sinclair and then dropping acid, biologists claim that it's not far fetched to assume that in the future, our meat won't come from animals that we kill; it will be grown in petri dishes in giant labs by mad scientists who drive flying cars. More »

Boning in the Cosmos

Lauri Apple — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:35:08 EST

A cosmological study about "Sex on Mars" discusses the potential future of space copulation, including baby-making on Mars. Apparently NASA's got no firm morality-based opinions on space sex, so if you've got a space shuttle and condoms then go ahead. More »

How Will Tonight's Lunar Eclipse Affect You?

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:50:00 EST

Tonight, for the first time since 1378, a total lunar eclipse of a full moon falls on the winter solstice. OMFGWTFBBQ! What does it mean? More »

There's No Place Like Home

Anna Holmes — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:10:00 EDT

[Cape Canaveral, April 20. Image via AP]

The Helmet Underground

Anna Holmes — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:10:00 EDT

[New York, April 15. Image via Getty]

Seeing Stars

Anna Holmes — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:10:00 EDT

[Zvezda Service Module, 200+ miles above Earth; April 7. Image via NASA]

Mission Statement

Anna Holmes — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:10:00 EDT

[Cape Canaveral, Florida; April 5. Image via AP]

And Today, We Bombed The Moon.

LatoyaPeterson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Well, it was more of a crash than a bombing, and we didn't really get to see anything yet, but in a few weeks, we may find water! In other news, the Mooninites flipped us the bird. [Washington Post] More »

"A Study Of Women As Space Flight Candidates" From Space World Magazine, 1974

Hortense Smith — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EDT

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One of the best parts of working in a library is stumbling across weird items in the discard pile; occasionally, you come across a gem like this one: "A Study Of Women As Space Flight Candidates" from Space World magazine. More »

Moms In Space

Maria — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:40:00 EST

Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki has been selected to be a crew member on NASA's next space shuttle Atlantis flight, which is scheduled for February 2010. Yamazaki, who has a 6-year-old daughter, will be the second Japanese woman to fly into space and the first mom. Go moms! [UPI] More »

Why Don't More Chicks Believe In Life On Other Planets?

Moe — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Yo, I'm sorry, but people of the internet, stop instant messaging me about my job and go read Drudge!. There are ALIENS out there, and world governments have systematically been covering it up for sixty years, and it is no longer just Dennis Kucinich and Jimmy Carter saying this but A GUY WHO WALKED ON THE MOON who was not Neil Armstrong but, you know, Neil Armstrong believes in Jesus, they said so this time I went to Israel, and if you believe in Jesus you tend to disbelieve in aliens. ANYWAY, the point is, who is this guy? Just Edgar Mitchell, PhD. born in 1930, who just told an English rock radio station (huh? not the point! he'll be on Larry King next week so you can BELIEVE THEN) that that Roswell flying saucer was real and that he has seen aliens: More »

Women Are Often 'Trailing Spouses' Because Of The Jobs They Choose

Jessica G. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Now that families with two working parents are the norm, couples are beginning to bicker over who becomes the "trailing spouse." According to CNN, the "trailing spouse" is the one whose career is subordinate. For instance, if a husband has to relocate for his job and the wife agrees to it, despite her career taking a hit, she's the trailing spouse. Mary Noonan, author of a study about working couples, says that wives are more often than not the trailing spouse because, "men and women are taught to play very different roles within marriage. Women are socialized to play a homemaking role within the family, whereas men are encouraged to focus on their careers and breadwinning." But I think the socialization goes a step further. As we've discussed, women are opting out of many science careers, and few go into other extremely demanding fields like politics. Women are choosing jobs from the get-go that are more malleable. More »

News Flash! Women Can Do Things Men Have Done

mcarpentier — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:30:00 EDT

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If anyone actually paid much attention to the U.S. space program, we'd say that the papers are all full of how there was a woman commanding the shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station at the same time, but no one really does anymore, so it's more like an article here and there. But, really, people, does it still truly qualify as news when women do something that men do (relatively) regularly? More »

Today's a historic day for female astronauts....

Jennifer — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:45:00 EDT

Today's a historic day for female astronauts. Pamela Melroy, the second-ever woman shuttle commander under the employ of NASA, is navigating the space shuttle launched this morning to meet up with astronaut Peggy Whitson, who is the first-ever female commander of the International Space Station. Says Melroy of this convergence of girl power in the heavens: "The thing that is the best about this is that it happened totally by accident." [Space.com] More »

Will Britney Grovel for America's Forgiveness? Should She?

amparry — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Rumors are flying that Britney Spears might appear on Sunday's Emmy Awards to apologize for her performance at the VMAs. WTF? What does she have to apologize for? She gave a shitty performance, she didn't go on a racist tirade or run over a crowd of schoolchildren. Britney, babe, don't let those assholes convince you to humiliate yourself even more for their ratings pleasure. Go home, take a shower, and play with your kids. [US Weekly]

Is It Dumb That We're Kind Of Psyched About The Jennifer Lopez Movie?

Jennifer — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:19:33 EDT

Fresh off her appearance on the cover of the June Glamour, Jennifer Lopez will grace the cover of Conde Nast's supremely stupid supplement Fashion Rocks. We don't know if it's more retarded that Jennifer Lopez is supposed to represent "rock" or that Conde Nast is so used to putting pointless, overexposed celebrities on their covers to sell newsstand copies that they did it on a supplement. [WWD, 2nd item]

Did Enraged Diaper Wearing Astronaut Lady Lie About The Diapers?

Moe — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:35:21 EDT

Crazy lovelorn diaper-wearing astronaut lady Lisa Nowak's lawyer calls reports she wore diapers on her cross-country road trip to confront her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend "a preposterous lie" engineered to make his client seem crazy. Even crazier is that she told the lie herself to police. More »