Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact
| Branson and Rutan unveil SpaceShipTwo | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | December 7, 2009 |
 Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan are unveiling SpaceShipTwo, the first commercial spaceship that will take tourists into space...
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| NASA reports LCROSS has discovered water on the Moon | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | November 13, 2009 |
| Results of the planned crash into the lunar surface last month have been revealed: there is indeed water in the permanently shadowed crater at the Moon's south pole... | |
| Win a piece of the Moon from New Scientist | |
| News > Contests | June 15, 2009 |
 New Scientist's current competition is offering a piece of lunar meteorite as the prize...
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| Heinlein Prize Trust sending medical experiment into space | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | April 23, 2009 |
 The Heinlein Prize Trust has awarded a four-and-a-half day flight into orbit to a medical experiment from the University of Texas, to investigate the effects of microgravity on diffusion of...
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| Charles Simonyi becomes first repeat space tourist | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | March 26, 2009 |
 US software engineer Charles Simonyi, who first flew as a space tourist two years ago, today launched on a two-week flight to the International Space Station, becoming the first tourist to fly into space twice...
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| Satellites crash in orbit | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | February 12, 2009 |
| A dead Russian communications satellite and a live Iridium satellite crashed into each other at an altitude of nearly 500 miles... | |
| Students: name NASA's newest lunar housing facility | |
| News > Contests | October 23, 2008 |
 NASA is asking students to help name their newest design, an inflatable habitat that may house astronauts on the Moon...
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| New Scientist polling for best sf films/books; your chance to win them | |
| News > Contests | October 6, 2008 |
| New Scientist magazine will devote an issue to the future of science fiction, and give three readers the three best sf films and books. After voting in their poll, tell us here if you think science fiction really is dying out. | |
| Chinese spacewalk, listen to the astronauts, and send your name into space | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | September 26, 2008 |
| Three space news stories: China has launched its third manned mission, intending to walk in space; NASA has opened up the phone lines to listen in on the ISS; and NASA's Glory satellite... | |
| Sigma's efforts now in a glossy document, presented at WorldCon | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | August 13, 2008 |
| Sigma, the think tank of writers who advise the government on formerly unthinkable possibilities, was surprised with a public presentation on their efforts at WorldCon... | |
| Branson and Rutan unveil WhiteKnightTwo | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | July 29, 2008 |
| Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan unveiled the carrier airplane which will be the backbone of VG's planned space tourism venture... | |
| Google's Sergey Brin pays for spaceflight as Space Adventures plans private mission | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | June 12, 2008 |
| Google co-founder Sergey Brin put a $5 million deposit on a tourist flight to the International Space Station. "Travel agency" Space Adventures also announced an agreement with Russian launcher FSA for its first private Soyuz flight... | |
| Opportunity to send your name and message into space with Kepler | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | May 8, 2008 |
| NASA is soliciting names and messages to fly into space aboard its Kepler Mission, the first probe which may be able to discover Earth-like planets... | |
| The Beatles' "Across the Universe" heading across the universe | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | February 4, 2008 |
| Celebrating a series of anniversaries this week, NASA transmitted the iconic Beatles' tune "Across the Universe" to... | |
| SpaceShipTwo more than half complete; soon to fly passengers into space | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | January 24, 2008 |
| The follow-on ship to the one which won the X-Prize may be ready for test flights late this year, and passengers by 2010. Richard Branson and Burt Rutan revealed the designs... | |
| Well, they aren't in the steam tunnels | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | November 15, 2007 |
| Quidditch is making the leap from J.K. Rowling's fantasy world onto college campuses in our real world... | |
| Chinese probe on its way to the Moon | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | October 24, 2007 |
| China launches its first lunar orbiting probe, Chang'e, to the Moon... | |
| Allies in Space marks Sputnik anniversary with discussion | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | October 22, 2007 |
| A free panel discussion at CUNY's Graduate Center marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first artificial satellites... | |
| Japanese probe in lunar orbit | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | October 5, 2007 |
| The Japanese space agency's SELENE launched on 14 September, and early on 4 October performed its lunar orbit injection maneuver, placing it in orbit aroubt the Moon. This is Japan's first lunar orbiting... | |
| Asteroid named for "Lt. Sulu" | |
| News > Activities | October 3, 2007 |
| The International Astronomical Union has changed the name of asteroid 1994 GT9 to 7307 Takei, honoring actor George Takei... | |
| Google sponsoring $20 million Lunar X Prize | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | September 14, 2007 |
| Following the success of the $10 million X Prize, Google is sponsoring the follow-on $25 million Lunar X Prize, to encourage the development and launch of a commercial rover to the Moon... | |
| Go Weightless with Buzz Aldrin | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | August 29, 2007 |
| Zero-G Corporation, the purveyors of weightless flights, are offering a "Platinum Experience," coached and guided by Buzz Aldrin... | |
| NASA sponsors art contest to depict "Life and Work on the Moon" | |
| News > Contests | August 23, 2007 |
| NASA is sponsoring an art contest, open to college students in the US, with the theme "Life and Work on the Moon." There will be cash prizes and exhibit opportunities for winners... | |
| Casimir Effect may be beatable | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | August 6, 2007 |
| A report of a news story which points to an experiment that can reverse the Casimir Effect, in effect providing levitation... | |
| Northrup Grumman buys Scaled Composites; and in an unrelated story, explosion kills three employees | |
| News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact | July 27, 2007 |
| Two unrelated stories, the second drawing attention the first. An explosion during a SpaceShipTwo construction test killed three employees of Scaled Composites. The event drew attention to last week's announcement that Northrup Grumman is buying out the entire company... | |
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