Kennedy Space Center
Jun 5 2009, Nandini

The economic downturn has not dampened people’s enthusiasm for space tourism. All the speculation going around on space weddings has heated up further with a New-York based couple finally set to exchange vows in zero gravity and create history! Noah...

Related Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
Adam KRaymond, New York
Filed under: Weird, Science Yesterday the three men who call the International Space Station home did something wholly unremarkable: They drank some water. I know,...
made popular May 25 2009
(0)
“What you guys represent is an example of what vision means in the space programme, always describing our willingness to stretch beyond currrent boundaries and to...
made popular May 21 2009
(0)
Jeremy Taylor, New York
Filed under: News, Weird, Science Yesterday afternoon, some people in Arizona, USA, called the Federal Aviation Administration in droves to report an unidentified...
made popular May 21 2009
(0)
Harshpaul, shimla
The idea of getting fuel from algae isn’t new, only this time, NASA wants to have a go at the idea. Fuel from algae can be a lot more practical than fuel from plants...
made popular May 15 2009
(0)
Thord Hedengren, New york
Astronaut Mike Massimino has sent the first tweet from space, making all the rocket buffs green with envy I presume. From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling...
made popular May 13 2009
(0)
Shaweta Chauhan, Shimla
Here is yet another move to meet the global energy needs. The solar power generation is not a new concept, however, placing solar arrays in space to capture the maximum...
made popular May 4 2009
(0)
AP, Cape Canaveral
NASA has chosen May 11 as the launch date for its last repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
made popular Apr 30 2009
(0)
AP, Cape Canaveral
NASA may move up its final trip to the Hubble Space Telescope by one day.
made popular Apr 23 2009
(0)
Anupam, Shimla
Eco Factor: Plan to better the efficiency of tidal energy. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a cost-effective way to harness ocean tides...
made popular Apr 21 2009
(0)
Anupam, Shimla
Eco Factor: Hydrogen fueling station generates hydrogen using renewable energy. NASA’s Glenn Research Center is leading a team of industry and university partners to...
made popular Apr 17 2009
(0)
AP, Pasadena
NASA’s new planet-hunting telescope has beamed back the first images of a patch of faraway sky in the Milky Way galaxy where it hopes to find Earth-like planets.
made popular Apr 16 2009
(4)
Alok Gurtu, Bangalore
First it was the spectacular “Eye of GOD”… now it’s “Hand of GOD”. The amazing image was taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory, which is orbiting...
made popular Apr 16 2009
(0)
Anupam, Shimla
Eco Factor: Greenhouse designed to grow plants and vegetables on lunar surface. Arizona-based Paragon Space Development Corporation has developed a greenhouse that...
made popular Apr 16 2009
(0)
AP, New York
One small step for NASA, one giant running leap for Stephen Colbert.
made popular Apr 15 2009
(0)
Harshpaul, shimla
Movito looks like a sleek, hubless electric scooter, and that partly is what the concept is. But it can do something different, like transforming into a car. Designed...
made popular Mar 19 2009
(0)
Naresh Chauhan, Shimla
The alluring aspect of concept vehicles, apart from being clean and green, is that they just give the glimpse of the modes of transportation, which of course is...
made popular Mar 18 2009
(0)
AP, Cape Canaveral
Seven astronauts raced to the international space station aboard space shuttle Discovery on Monday, while NASA debated whether the orbiting outpost will need to move...
made popular Mar 16 2009
(0)
AP, Cape Canaveral
NASA is fueling space shuttle Discovery again in hopes of finally getting its mission going.
made popular Mar 15 2009
(0)
AP, Cape Canaveral
NASA still doesn’t know what caused a hydrogen gas leak that prevented space shuttle Discovery from flying earlier this week.
made popular Mar 14 2009
(0)
AP, Cape Canaveral
NASA feels it has a good shot at sending shuttle Discovery to the international space station on Sunday following repairs out at the launch pad.
made popular Mar 13 2009
All Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
AP, Cape Canaveral
The space shuttle may finally piggyback its way to Florida on Friday, after wintry storms and crosswinds again delayed Endeavour’s trek to the Kennedy Space...
made popular Dec 12 2008
(0)
Madan, Shimla
After some delays and controversies, Mission STS-118 got off to a brilliant start as the seven-member crew headed into space in space shuttle Endeavour at planned 2336...
made popular Aug 9 2007
(0)
Rajni, Shimla
The entrance of Shuttle Launch Experience. Videos to brief visitors before they climb aboard the new NASA Shuttle Launch Experience ride. If you ever wished to...
made popular May 26 2007
(0)
Anshu, Delhi
Make these vacations memorable for your kids by planning for space tourism! The best place for such tourism is the Kennedy Space Center. Approximately 1.5 million...
made popular May 26 2007
(0)
Rajni, Shimla
Few months back a space shuttle fuel tank was severely damaged during a sudden and unexpected hailstorm before a launch. To avoid such damages and to monitor the...
made popular May 24 2007
(0)
Pankaj, Shimla
Discovery and seven astronauts, fresh from an extended visit to the International Space Station, are set to return to the Earth this afternoon but it remains unclear...
made popular Dec 22 2006
(0)
Pankaj, Shimla
NASA approved conducting a fourth, unplanned spacewalk as astronauts were unable to get the accordion-like array to fold up into a box properly including a highly...
made popular Dec 19 2006
(0)
Pratyush, New Delhi
Discovery, the US space shuttle blasted off in space on a important International Space Station construction mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,...
made popular Dec 10 2006
(0)
Pankaj, Shimla
NASA is hoping to launch its third mission in six months and get a jump on the looming deadline to finish International Space Station assembly before the shuttle fleet...
made popular Dec 8 2006
(0)
Pankaj, Shimla
Discovery is set for the first planned night launch in four years after two technical issues, one with the shuttle’s electrical system and the other with an...
made popular Dec 7 2006
(0)
Pratyush, New Delhi
After Kalpna Chawla, Sunita Williams, 41 will be the second woman of Indian origin to take off on a space mission. She will spend six months at the International...
made popular Dec 4 2006
(0)
Pankaj, Shimla
NASA’s first night shuttle launch since 2002 is waiting for the countdown which is scheduled to begin at 11 p.m. Monday, targeted for a launch attempt at 9:36...
made popular Dec 4 2006
(0)
Kanchan, New Delhi
At a time when space travel is all the hype if you can’t afford it , go in for the next best thing. Plan a trip to Cape Canaveral Welcome to the Space Coast...
made popular Dec 3 2006
(0)
Apparently, the recent safe voyage of the space shuttle Discovery is enough to shut the skeptics and rev-up NASA for yet another space mission and that too as early as...
made popular Sep 30 2006
(0)
Irani, New Delhi
An oxygen generation system for the International Space Station - this is what NASA is preparing to launch. It is to generate breathable oxygen for crew members, that...
made popular Feb 10 2006
Images
Kennedy Space Center:

Proposed Mobile Launcher integrated within the Vertical Assembly Building (Photo: Business Wire)