Space Technology

Tom Cruise's Oblivion Is Grand Until It's Not

Sofi Collis, Missing Girl from Scottsdale, Returns Home Safely; Named Mars Rovers at age 9

Sofi Collis, the 19-year-old girl from Scottsdale reported missing on Christmas Eve, has returned home safely late Tuesday night, Scottsdale police say. Collis had been reported missing after being last seen about 1 p.m., possibly on Rollerblades. She was said to have learning disabilities and epil ... More >>

Moon Phase

Will.i.am's Mars-Blasted Single is a Great Idea

See also: NASA's Curiosity Rover: Here's the Hi-Res, 360 Degree View of Mars See also: Our 10 Favorite Martian Songs in Honor of Curiosity My faith in humanity reached a new high when headlines concerning the Curiosity Rover flooded Facebook and Twitter. Were people really interested in science agai ... More >>

Our 10 Favorite Martian Songs in Honor of Curiosity

Ever since Curiosity survived the seven minutes of terror and landed on Mars last Sunday, we continue to be fascinated by the rover's pictures. Last week the device, which looks like it could be Wall-E's cousin, took a cool black and white panoramic shot of the red planet. The environment kind of lo ... More >>

ASU Professor Finds U.S. Flags on the Moon, Conspiracy Theorists Still Not Convinced

In the year 2012, people are still convinced that the United States government faked the moon landings.A professor from Arizona State University and his team recently found most of the U.S. flags planted on the moon -- using a camera on an orbiter -- and we checked in on the crowd that's known for w ... More >>

$150,000 Will Buy You a Space Shuttle Food Truck

Play the video before you continue reading. Trust us, it'll enhance the reading experience and really set the mood. Rebuilt from the hull of a Douglas DC-3 the Space Shuttle Cafe started operation in 2005. But the history of the underlying vehicle stretches back to WWII. It was converted from me ... More >>

Starry Night

Living Room

Cinderella @ Marquee Theatre

Transformers Are Back and Kicking Ass in Dark of the Moon

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Making Plans to Attend Astronaut Husband's Shuttle Launch

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords plans to attend her husband's April 29, shuttle launch in Florida.​Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' condition continues to improve after she was shot through the brain during the January 8 rampage in Tucson, and her staff says she's doing so well that t ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords "Making Leaps and Bounds" in Recovery, Doctors Say

Gabrielle Giffords' condition continues to improve, doctors say.​For the first time in about seven weeks, doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords held a news conference to update the public on the congresswoman's condition after she was shot through the brain during the January 8 s ... More >>

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to Attend Astronaut Husband's Shuttle Launch

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords plans to attend her husband's April shuttle launch.​It's only been about two months since Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot "through the brain" during the January 8, shooting rampage in Tucson, but her staff confirms today that she plans to attend her ... More >>

Mark Kelly, Husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Heading to Space

Gabrielle Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, is heading back to space.​After weeks of consideration, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' astronaut husband has decided he'll head to space in April on the space shuttle Endeavor's final mission.Mark Kelly took a leave from training after Giffords was shot ... More >>

Calexico - Crystal Frontier (Live)

​Song: Calexico, "Crystal Frontier" (Live in Nuremberg)Context: When I spoke with Calexico frontman Joey Burns in the wake of the Giffords tragedy we discussed this song, which he suggested as a wake-up tune aboard the space shuttle for the astronaut husband of a famous fan of his band, Gabby Giff ... More >>

Calexico's Joey Burns on Giffords, Upcoming Show at Corona Ranch

Joey Burns (left) is a big fan of Gabby Giffords. Giffords, in turn, is a big fan of his band, Calexico.​In 2008, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was given the chance to choose the "wake- up" music to roust her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, and the rest of the crew slumbering above Earth a ... More >>

ASU Mars Map Said to Be Best Ever; Online Viewing Site Crashes Friday Due to Heavy Traffic

Image: ASU, NASAThe Grand Canyon of Mars: Valles Marineris. This and other great views of Mars are available on a new, zoomable map created by ASU and NASA​ Wanna take a trip to Mars, without donning a spacesuit? Try the new Mars map compiled for online use by Arizona State University, in coll ... More >>

Nova

Hot Links: Phoenix Coyotes, Bus Vandals, and Star Trek

Republican legislative leaders will bring a budget proposal to an Appropriations Committee in the state Senate today. The proposal includes privatizing three prisons, and cutting $220 million from K-12 funding. Not included in the proposal is the tax increase governor Jan Brewer was pushing for...Af ... More >>

"Touch the Stars: The NASA Experience"

Honeywell to Begin Work on Next Generation Spacesuit for Moon Walks

Honeywell's Glendale manufacturing plant is about to begin work on parts for a spacesuit planned to be used in future explorations on the moon. NASA announced in June it had awarded a contract to a Houston company, Oceaneering International, to design and build two types of spacesuits. One ... More >>

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ASU Assists Myanmar Relief Efforts With Super Computers

University of Arizona's Mars Mission Videos on iTunes

Spastic Times Call for Spastic Measures

We can rebuild him. We have the technology.

"Inside the Infamous Museum of Jurassic Technology"

Phoenix, the Final Frontier

Brazilians and Brazilians of stars

One Giant Schlep for Fankind

East Valley gets extraterrestrial during SpaceFest 2007

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Draggin' Tale

AIDS Walk benefit draws ladies and gent

Red Rover

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Starlab Indoor Planetarium

Icebreaker International and Manual

Into Forever (Morr Music)

Flame-out

Challenger – now that was a real national tragedy

Traveling Companions

Gray whales are leading tourists, conservationists and business operators on a rocky voyage toward economic and environmental salvation.

Best Argument Against Investigative TV Reporting

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Ground Control to Major Tom

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Missionary From Mars

2000 Wan

De Palma's out to launch with misfired Mission

Far Out

Eyes accustomed to crisp landscapes may find Imag(in)ing Mars otherworldly

Disasteroid

All climax, no plot Armageddon deserves to be sent back to the meteor showers

A Sad Cometary

Deep Impact is a feel-good disaster movie

Mission Impeccable

Z-Trip, Emile, and Radar remake Thursdays at Nita's

The Hack and the Quack

The "Phoenix Lights" made Frances Emma Barwood the darling of the global space-alien lobby. And it'stransformed computer geek Jim Dilettoso into a star in the UFO firmament.

My Favorite Martians

Hollywood aims its cameras at the Fourth Rock From the Sun

The Outer Space Undergroud

Arizona's quiet visionaries yearn to make the state a hub of commercial space travel

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