May 2, 2016 Apollo 14 astronaut claims peace-loving aliens prevented 'nuclear war' on Earth From “The Day the Earth Stood Still” to “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to “E.T.,” pop culture is filled with stories about friendly, curious extraterrestrials visiting Earth to learn more about mankind. For Apollo 14 veteran Edgar Mitchell that plotline is less fiction than it is reality. The sixth man to walk the surface of the moon told the Mirror that he believes peace-keeping aliens visited our planet to prevent a nuclear war between Russia and the United States.
May 2, 2016 Astronaut Chris Hadfield releasing 'Space Sessions' album recorded in orbit In the first single off of Chris Hadfield's new music album, the first album to be primarily recorded in space, the Canadian astronaut croons, "Can't stand on my own two feet, I just float away, I took a ride in a hot, hot seat, now I'm ready to play, far away."
May 2, 2016 Space Station astronauts make history, eat first space-grown veggies Astronauts on the International Space Station made history Monday when they munched space-grown vegetables for the first time.
May 2, 2016 NASA: Seats on Russian rockets will cost us $490 million NASA told Congress on Wednesday that it will have to spend half a billion dollars to pay Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
May 2, 2016 16-year-old's DNA experiment will fly in space A 16-year-old New York City-area student will one day see her DNA experiment launched to the International Space Station.
May 2, 2016 Stunning photo shows SpaceShipTwo pilot parachuting to Earth after crash It is a picture of bravery in the face of the unthinkable.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX rocket explosion likely caused by faulty strut, Elon Musk says The disintegration of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shortly after it launched on a space station resupply mission for NASA last month was most likely caused by a faulty strut inside the booster's upper stage, company CEO and founder Elon Musk said Monday.
May 2, 2016 Stunning NASA image reveals Pluto’s icy plains NASA has released more stunning images from the New Horizons spacecraft’s historic Pluto Flyby, providing a spectacular view of the dwarf planet’s icy terrain.
May 2, 2016 NASA releases closeup image of Pluto’s moon Charon NASA has released a closeup image of Pluto’s largest moon Charon, the latest picture from the New Horizons spacecraft’s historic flyby of the dwarf planet this week.
May 2, 2016 NASA releases first Pluto flyby images NASA has released the first images taken during New Horizons’ historic flyby of dwarf planet Pluto.
