News From Space!

Video of Pacific Missile Test:

http://player.clipsyndicate.com/player/play/3/386059?cpt=8&wpid=47&noresize=1

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking floated free in zero gravity Thursday, becoming the first person with a disability to have the experience.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/26/hawking.flight.ap/

(AP) — When astronauts return from space, what they talk about isn’t the brute force of the rocket launch or the exhilaration of zero gravity. It’s the view.

Astronauts Recall View from Space for Earth Day

HOUSTON, Texas —  A Johnson Space Center building was evacuated Friday after reports of a gunman inside, Houston police said. 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,267462,00.html

TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan is set to launch its first lunar orbiter this summer, but exploring the moon is just part of the mission. The other goal is to catch up with China, the new leader in Asia’s space race.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/19/japan.moonshot.ap/

The Department of Defense’s Iris project will put an internet router in space by the start of 2009.  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6551807.stm

China is developing an “impressive” array of space weapons, including missiles and jammers, and is moving toward placing nuclear weapons in space to attack U.S. satellites, the commander of U.S. strategic forces told the Senate yesterday.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070329-114710-9929r.htm

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (AP) — The ashes of James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott on the original “Star Trek” TV series, have been loaded into a rocket that is set to launch in New Mexico later this month.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/02/doohan.ashes.ap/