The route to the moon and perhaps to Mars now goes through New Orleans. And the detour couldn't come at a better time in the city's struggle to rebuild its shattered economy after Hurricane Katrina. ...more

December 25, 2007

If at first you can't get off the ground, fly, fly again. That's the attitude of space shuttle managers, who will try to get Atlantis airborne Saturday after a technical glitch kept astronauts on the pad Thursday. The fourth and final mission of the year will deliver a European science laboratory to the International Space Station and put NASA on track for a busy 2008. ...more

December 7, 2007

There's a scene in the new space documentary 'In the Shadow of the Moon' that provokes whispers in the movie theater here. ...more

October 1, 2007

Germs sent into orbit on the space shuttle last year came back to Earth three times more virulent, a finding that could have major implications for astronauts on the International Space Station or on proposed voyages to the moon and Mars. ...more

September 29, 2007