Results tagged “spaceexploration”

Rice University's own Mike Massimino, a Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science professor, is preparing to take his second spaceflight to the Hubble Space Telescope on May 12, and he's got a lot to say about it. Known on Twitter as Astro_Mike, he began chronicling his preparations earlier this month. The details surrounding the training for a spaceflight are quite a compelling subject, as so far Astro_Mike has over 50,000 followers and counting. That's about 5 times as many followers as the Mars Rovers, and they're on another planet. more ›

It's only appropriate that Houston would host the largest celebration of space flight in the world, isn't it? That's what's going down this weekend at Yuri's Night 2009. Named for the first man to travel into space nearly fifty years ago, Yuri Gagarin, the celebration this Saturday is perfect for all you local NASA geeks. more ›