Astronauts say ET life must exist

We will eventually find life in space. That from the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
“If we push back boundaries far enough, I’m sure eventually we’ll find something out there,” said Mike Foreman, a mission specialist on the Endeavour, which returned to Earth in March.
“Maybe not as evolved as we are, but it’s hard to [...]

First spacewalk in HD

Over 100 hours of NASA’s glory days (hopefully there are more to come*) have been digitally remastered for a Discovery Channel documentary. “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions” will air this summer, but we already have a sneak peak at how amazing it’s going to be. Here is America’s first spacewalk from Gemini 4 [...]

HD Earth-rise from Moon

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency released pictures and video of an Earth-rise captured from its HD lunar explorer “KAGUYA.” The pictures are below and the video is here.

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+ First HD view of the moon

New evidence suggests life came from space

Columbia University chemist Ronald Breslow has concluded — after lengthy experiments — that the seeds of life on Earth came from meteorites:
In a report delivered to the American Chemical Society’s annual meeting, Breslow simulated the behavior of “left-handed” amino acids in an Earth-like environment. The acids’ appendage appellation derives from their molecular orientation, also known [...]

US rejects Russo-Sino space weapons ban

GENEVA — The Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, on Tuesday presented a Russian-Chinese draft treaty banning weapons in space to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, an idea that was quickly rejected by the United States.
Russia and China know they are far behind the United States in the development of space technology. What concerns [...]

‘Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost?’

There’s a really interesting post on the Freakonomics blog. They pose the question “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost?” Six space gurus were asked to answer.
Keith Cowing’s response caught my eye:
For those who would moan that this money could be “better spent back on Earth,” I would simply say that all of this [...]

Star Explosion

One of the top space photos of 2007.

House says no to men on Mars

Our space program is missing the point.