In an open letter, astronauts Neil Armstrong, James Lovell and Eugene Cernan attack Obama’s new moon-snubbing plans for NASA: America will no longer be the best at something!
Astronauts
Buzz Aldrin: satellite of solitude
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin tells the story of Apollo 11 and the “magnificent desolation” of walking on the moon.
Listen to the Apollo 11 radiocast
Celebrate 40 years since Neil Armstrong took one small step for man by listening to the Apollo 11 radiocast in real time.
500th astronaut blasts off
Former naval commander Chris Cassidy will become the 500th person to go into space this week.
Astronauts star in new Louis Vuitton ad
Celebrating achievements in science and uh, leathergoods: Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Sally Ride and Jim Lovell are the stars (boom boom) of Louis Vuitton’s new ad campaign, promoting a $1530 travel bag.
How to fix the Hubble Telescope
Making repairs to a telescope in space is hard. Really, really hard.
