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Ground control to Major Tom: International Space Station astronaut does Bowie (VIDEO)

Faine GreenwoodMay 13, 2013 02:44

Social media-loving astronaut Chris Hadfield released a new treat for the Internet Sunday: a video of him performing David Bowie's beloved "Space Oddity" all the way from the International Space Station.

Emergency space walk hopes to fix International Space Station leak (LIVE VIDEO)

Faine GreenwoodMay 11, 2013 10:20

NASA has scheduled an emergency space walk to find and fix the source of an ammonia leak at the International Space Station, a quickly-planned interstellar rescue mission that is being broadcast live right now.

"Super-earth" could potentially be habitable—and a mere 42 light years away

Faine GreenwoodNovember 8, 2012 11:49

British researchers have found three previously-undetected planets orbiting the star HD 40307—and one of the newly discovered planet is a "super-earth" that could potentially contain water, reported the BBC.

Space shuttle Endeavour buzzes California

Faine GreenwoodSeptember 21, 2012 16:53

Why was half of Sacramento looking expectantly up at the sky early Friday morning? Blame retired space shuttle Endeavour, which buzzed the California State Capitol at around 9:50 a.m. on Friday morning, delighting hordes of NASA watchers.