The President’s new budget means big changes at NASA: Private spaceships. No moon shot. Is this the way forward, or an American retreat from space?

Forty years after the first moon landing, it’s “Moon versus Mars” for the next big push in space.

NASA celebrates as its astronauts wrap up a daring mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. We’ll look at the repair crew in space.

We were thrilled to have Leonard Nimoy join us today for our show on the new Star Trek film. He gave us some fascinating personal insights into playing the role of Spock. Here’s an excerpt…

NASA’s Kepler space telescope readies for launch — and a new search for life “out there.”

A year ago, without warning, China shot one of its own satellites out of the sky. The U.S. protested loudly. But what a difference a year makes. The U.S. Navy is preparing to take out one of our own ailing spy satellites with a ship-launched missile — perhaps tonight.
The bus-sized satellite carries half a ton [...]

Fifty years ago this week, Americans were smacked awake on space by the orbiting wonder called Sputnik. The Soviets were up there. We were not. And only a first foot on the moon could ease the shock. America was number one in space.
Fast forward to 2007, and the high frontier is looking like nobody’s backyard [...]