Thomas Ruff. Stellar Landscapes 25 September 2011–8 January 2012
NASA Art: 50 Years of Exploration Opens at the National Air and Space Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.- You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut to work for NASA. Engineers, pilots, physicists, astrobiologists, and, yes, artists, too, have helped further the mission of the space agency. In 1962, NASA administrator James E…
Newly Released Tape Shows John F. Kennedy Fretted Moon Program was Tough Sell
BOSTON, MA (AP).- After setting a soaring vision to land a man on the moon, President John F. Kennedy struggled with how to sell the public on a costly space program he worried had “lost its glamour” and had scant political benefits, according to a new…
Twenty-One Museums and Science and Visitor Centers Vie To Get Retired Space Shuttles
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP).- As the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch draws near, the focus is not so much on the past but the future: Where will the shuttles wind up once the program winds down? Twenty-one museums and science and visitor…
Twenty-One Museums and Science and Visitor Centers Vie To Get Retired Space Shuttles
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP).- As the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch draws near, the focus is not so much on the past but the future: Where will the shuttles wind up once the program winds down? Twenty-one museums and science and visitor…
Bonhams Blasts Off with Historic Apollo 14 Artifacts and Russian Spacesuits Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Personal items of several astronauts will be sold in the Space History Sale taking place at Bonhams, New York on May 5th. The sale will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s historic mission on Freedom 7 as the first Am…
Acclaimed Pop Artist Romero Britto and American Hero Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Launch an Artistic Vision for Reaching Mars
NEW YORK, NY.- On November 11, 2010, Veteran’s Day, Romero Britto and Buzz Aldrin will launch a new endeavor at POP International Galleries in Soho, New York at an invitation-only gallery opening. The National hero, astronaut, and visionary Buzz Aldri…
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Says the Sun will Wake Up
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- Sky viewers might get to enjoy some spectacular Northern Lights, or aurorae, tomorrow. After a long slumber, the Sun is waking up. Early Sunday morning, the Sun’s surface erupted and blasted tons of plasma (ionized atoms) into interplan…