News Source: AFP
| about 1 year ago
The first Chinese man to walk in space was hailed as a national hero Monday, as the emerging space power gave one of its clearest indications yet that it is now reaching for the Moon. Mission commander Zhai Zhigang, 41, and his two fellow astronauts...
News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
| about 1 year ago
The front hall of the National Air and Space Museum is a temple to man-made wonders...Louis is here, suspended in mock flight near the Bell X-1 that Chuck Yeager flew to break the sound barrier. Apollo 11 capsule that carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz...
News Source: Houston Chronicle
| about 1 year ago
Both John McCain and Barack Obama have urged the White House and Congress to keep all options open for the shuttle. •Settling into the international space station, the largest man-made object ever assembled in orbit, much longer than the Bush...