space shuttle

Today (Jan. 28) marks the 29th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger breaking apart almost immediately after it launched. To say that I remember that day - where I was, and what I was doing when I heard the news - would be a lie. I was three years old (almost four). I probably barely had any idea what was happening. But, I DO very vividly remember that it happened, and that's all thanks to a

NASA reached a major milestone Friday as the Orion spacecraft completed its first voyage to space, traveling farther than any spacecraft designed for astronauts has been in more than 40 years. Bottom line: NASA's back in the spaceflight game for the first time since the space shuttle program ended three years ago.

The Space Shuttle Discovery is on its last mission ... and Colonel Eric Boe is on board the spacecraft making calls to his Nana in Florida! The first time he called Gladys Roscoe was in 2008 during a separate mission aboard the Endeavor, but the 93-year old wasn't home because she was out square dancing...