Tim Peake chased around International Space Station by gorilla in hilarious video The Independent Life in space is not ‘all work and no play’ and this is best exemplified by recent footage released by Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly. | In celebration of his year on board the International Space Station, he decides to prank his British colleague, Tim Peake, in the most elaborate fashion. | Mr Kell...
Russia wants to modify Cold War missiles to destroy asteroids CNN Washington (CNN)Russia plans to modify some of its intercontinental ballistic missiles to destroy asteroids before they hit Earth, according to a top Russian rocket researcher. | Sabit Saitgarayev of Russia's Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau revealed the effort during an interview last week with the gov...
Astronaut Scott Kelly prepares for return to Earth WPTV NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is just days away from completing one of the longest space missions in history. After 340 days aboard the International Space Station, Kelly will leave the micro-gravity environment of space, and return to Earth on March 1....
Adele cries as astronaut presents her with an award from space Mashable LONDON — Many of the guests at the O2 Arena travelled a long way to be at the Brits this year - Alan Carr even told presenters Ant & Dec he had to relieve himself in a bottle in the car the journey was so long - but none joined the ceremony fro...
NASA launches competition to help Robonaut see better The Verge NASA wants to help its robot at the International Space Station see better in order to help astronauts with more tasks, so today NASA launched a $10,000 competition to find a fix. The Robonaut 2 was sent up to the ISS in 2011, where it's been assisti...
Monkey business on International Space Station caught on tape Topix As his year on the International Space Station draws to an end, astronaut Scott Kelly "needed a little humor" to lighten up his experience. According to NBC News , Mark Kelly sent a gorilla costume up to Scott, which the astronaut then promptly used ...
There's a smart aleck behind Dugan's Pub sign postings WPXI The 100-hour work weeks started to mount and Charlie Dugan looked for a way out of the bar business. | He passed a civil service test, scoring extra for his service in Vietnam and, of all things, ownership of Dugan's Pub. But he didn't get a job, so ...
Russia wants to modify Cold War missiles to destroy asteroids CNN Washington (CNN)Russia plans to modify some of its intercontinental ballistic missiles to destroy asteroids before they hit Earth, according to a top Russian rocket researcher. | Sabit Saitgarayev of Russia's Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau revealed the effort during an interview last week with the government-owned TASS news agency. | The United State...
Radio flash tracked to faraway galaxy BBC News For the first time, scientists have tracked the source of a "fast radio burst" - a fleeting explosion of radio waves which, in this case, came from a galaxy six billion light-years away. | The cause of the big flash, only the seventeenth ever detected, remains a puzzle, but spotting a host galaxy is a key moment in the study of such bursts. | It al...
