NASA has set May 31 for the next space shuttle launch and said that Russia's investigation into last month's rocky landing of its own spacecraft shouldn't interfere. ...more

May 20, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Bay Crest Elementary School teacher Ruth Jones brought the moon into her fifth-grade classroom recently, allowing students to scrutinize moon rocks, create craters and compare space seeds to Earth ones. ...more

May 8, 2008

The shuttle's 13-day mission to the International Space Station ended with a trouble-free landing at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday morning. Even as Atlantis arrived safely home, NASA was readying Endeavour and Discovery for launches scheduled for March and April. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA - The lone full lunar eclipse of 2008 will happen tonight, but you might not be able to see much. ...more

February 20, 2008

Astronomers took pictures of a far-off lumpy galaxy just forming 13 billion years ago, putting it among the earliest and most distant cosmic objects ever photographed. ...more

February 13, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL - Scattered clouds and sunshine are adding a bit of promise for today's planned 2:45 p.m. liftoff of Atlantis, although NASA is bracing for a front of bad weather to arrive before then. ...more

February 7, 2008

Two astronauts pulled off a riskier and trickier-than-usual spacewalk Wednesday, replacing a failed electric motor and giving the International Space Station a much-needed power boost. ...more

January 31, 2008

An asteroid at least 500 feet long will make a rare close pass by Earth next week, but there is no chance of an impact, scientists reported Thursday. ...more

January 25, 2008

SEBRING — What do the Highlands County Courthouse and NASA Kennedy Space Center have in common? Both buildings are now cooler, thanks to Winsulators. The clear, acrylic interior window attachment uses magnets to fasten to the inside of windows and keeps the heat trapped outside, much like a double-pane window. Winsulators have been added to all 94 windows in the historic courthouse, with hopes of reducing the electricity bill. "Installing new windows would have been cost prohibitive," said Edward VerVane, inventor of the Winsulator. "The change also would have taken away from the historic look of the building. The Winsulator creates a 'green' facility that is friendlier for the environment." ...more

January 19, 2008

Right around noon today, if all goes as planned, a spacecraft called Messenger will swoop past Mercury and begin two days of unprecedented picture-taking and data-collecting. ...more

January 14, 2008