The bottom of this page http://www.astronautix.com/engines/f1.htm says "first launch 1959". Wasn't this only a static test firing? The first launch was the...

....Has anyone done any estimates of roughly how long ISS could remain in orbit without any boosts from the Shuttle, Soyuz or Progress resupply missions? The...

Chuck Longton (Direct 2.0) Hates America For Its Freedoms! http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13631.msg307451#new Quoting Chuck Longton on...

Bear Bomber that is! If you want to see just how far our stock (literally and figuratively) has sunk in the world, just read this little...

Sounds like the third stage never separated from stage two: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7984254.stm Pat

On Apr 6, 12:36*am, (Marty) wrote: Oriel was saying the lady probably did not have pretensions to being an astronomer. No. *She...

Really clear pictures on the NASA t.v. feed. Looked like a nice day out at KSC. I like it when the camera pans back on NASA t.v. just before the shuttle...

On Mar 8, 12:45*pm, American wrote: On Mar 7, 5:57*pm, Brad Guth wrote: On Mar 7, 2:18*pm,...

Technique could unlock the secrets of weather cycles Humans could decide where and when it rains Britons are notoriously obsessed with the weather,...

This is going to be interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/ap_on_go_ot/dead_satellite "WASHINGTON - A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and...

http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/009833.html#009833

Homes destroyed by Katrina ....850,791 http://www.throughtheeyeofthestorm.com/KatrinaFacts.htm

This story is more than two years old -- it describes 'Prowler', a secret space shuttle payload from 1990, that supposedly performed a series of automated...

Looks like I may be visiting Germany (Munich) on business in late June or July, and I'm interested in seeing if people here think it's worthwhile to take a...

On 1 Sep 2003 08:12:19 -0700, (Jaak Suurpere) wrote: Astrology works on the surface of Earth. Or doesn't work.

My Scientific American (October) feature article on the upcoming Chinese human space flight is now on...

Hi, I've been doing research for the past week, but I've only been able to locate bits & pieces here and there. How many human & non-human (dogs, chimps,...

Looking for life and water on the bottom of the RED Planet, and finding WATER and DEATH on the bottom of the RED Sea, on the SAME DAY... They first claimed it...

The other shoe just fell regarding what the Bush space plan is really about; it seems to indeed be the militarization of space as outlined in the...

Thanks, Michael, a number of people have shared the same impression -- it makes me much less cynical. "Michael Davis" wrote in...