http://space.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Space / Astronomy GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-09T06:00:55Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/12/nasa-kepler-mission-offers-opportunity-to-send-names-into-space.htm How cool would it be to have your name on board the spacecraft that discovers the first known Earth-like planet beyond our solar system? Well, here’s your chance. NASA today announced... http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/12/nasa-kepler-mission-offers-opportunity-to-send-names-into-space.htm 2008-05-12T09:47:00Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/09/friday-question-is-there-life-on-other-planets.htm Share your opinion with the rest of the world. Is life unique to Earth? Could life have developed anywhere else in the universe?... http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/09/friday-question-is-there-life-on-other-planets.htm 2008-05-09T06:00:55Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/08/students-make-the-ultimate-long-distance-call-to-the-space-station.htm Students from coast to coast will have the opportunity to make an out of this world call to the International Space Station on Monday, May 12, from 11:20 a.m. to... http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/08/students-make-the-ultimate-long-distance-call-to-the-space-station.htm 2008-05-08T07:45:01Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/07/wordless-wednesday-alan-shepard-1st-american-in-space.htm Image Credit: NASA Other Wordless Wednesday Entries... http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/07/wordless-wednesday-alan-shepard-1st-american-in-space.htm 2008-05-07T07:48:07Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-origin-of-the-solar-system.htm Over the centuries, many theories for the origin of our solar system have been suggested, then discounted. Even today there is no satisfactory model that both completely explains all the... http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/06/the-origin-of-the-solar-system.htm 2008-05-06T08:59:10Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/02/send-your-name-to-the-moon-aboard-lro.htm NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft. Image... http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/02/send-your-name-to-the-moon-aboard-lro.htm 2008-05-02T14:51:23Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/02/astronauts-inducted-into-hall-of-fame.htm Astronauts Robert D. Cabana and Bryan D. O'Connor along with former astronauts John E. Blaha and Loren J. Shriver will be added to an elite list... http://space.about.com/b/2008/05/02/astronauts-inducted-into-hall-of-fame.htm 2008-05-02T08:14:04Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/04/30/wordless-wednesday-discovery-ready-for-final-assembly-and-checkout.htm Image Credit: NASA/Jim Grossman Other Wordless Wednesday Entries... http://space.about.com/b/2008/04/30/wordless-wednesday-discovery-ready-for-final-assembly-and-checkout.htm 2008-04-30T08:39:30Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/04/28/discovery-ready-for-final-assembly-and-checkout.htm Space shuttle Discovery rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, where the shuttle's external tank and two solid rocket boosters await. Discovery... http://space.about.com/b/2008/04/28/discovery-ready-for-final-assembly-and-checkout.htm 2008-04-28T12:18:51Z http://space.about.com/b/2008/04/27/astronauts-to-make-virtual-connection-with-students.htm Astronauts flying on a space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time will speak to middle school students across America simultaneously at 1:15 p.m. EDT,... http://space.about.com/b/2008/04/27/astronauts-to-make-virtual-connection-with-students.htm 2008-04-27T22:18:04Z