'It's harder to be a parent than a space shuttle commander', trailblazing Nasa pilot tells BBC

Eileen Collins made history as the first woman to pilot and command a Nasa spacecraft - but despite her remarkable ...
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See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

A new book and documentary from James Bluemel tells the story of the space race so far in photographs, a mix of images from ...
Houston Chronicle

The ‘Fiddler on the Moon’ documentary examines if – and how – Judaism can be adapted to spaceflight

Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon had a question before going into space: How would he mark Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest, from orbit? Sabbath begins Friday at sunset and ends Saturday after sunset. But ...
PBS

Hubble Space Telescope captures image of comet visiting from another solar system

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released ...