Space

It’s the photo they waited 30 years to take. Chris Bray and his father attended the first space shuttle launch back in 1981 — and the last, just a few weeks ago. Bray posted a link to the photo on Reddit on Monday and the reaction was immediate — almost 600 comments have been left thus far, and various media outlets have picked up the story...

The final space shuttle lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida this morning despite the heavy cloud cover and threat of rain.  Atlantis blasted off just after eleven a.m. (mountain time) carrying a crew of four. This is the smallest shuttle crew since 1983, the size was limited because a smaller Russian Soyuz rocket would need to be used for a rescue vehicle. The crew consists of commander Chris

NASA Commander Mark Kelly at U2 Concert (YouTube) U2 played May 21st at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver to kick off the current leg of their 360 Tour, were you there? The Irish rockers had some surprises for the crowd at Qwest Field in Seattle recently...

Did you see Endeavour's final landing? As KING FM's "Special Space Correspondent" I forced myself to stay up late and cover the event. Space Shuttle Endeavour returned with it's six-astonaut crew in a middle-of-the-night landing at Cape Canaveral this morning...

The space shuttle Endeavour was launched (Great photo from an airplane off MSN.com) on it's mission to the International Space Station at 6:56 MT this morning. Follow STS-134 at NASA.gov. The final mission for Endeavour was delayed two weeks due to an electronics glitch. When it reaches the ISS on Wednesday, the shuttle will deliver nearly 15 tons of supplies and equipment, highlighted by the 7.5-

Yves "Jetman" Rossy has experienced a Grand Canyon tour as only someone who calls himself Jetman can: with a rocket-powered winged suit fastened to his back -- at speeds up to 190 mph.  This is something I would love to do...but it's pretty scary too!  Would you try it?

Darth Vader has announced the assassination of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Galactic Empire Times is reporting. The spoof appears in a knockoff website of the New York Times and is done amazingly well. Not only did a few intrepid wordsmiths put together the tongue-firmly-in-cheek hard news story, someone with Photoshop skills put Vader in front of a podium lifted from the White House...

The final launch of space shuttle Endeavour was delayed Friday afternoon due to a failure in a heater circuit. The heater keeps hydrazine fuel  from freezing while the shuttle is in orbit. The earliest Endeavour will make it back into space is Monday afternoon after 12:30 Mountain time...

The Friday shuttle launch has been pushed back to at least Monday. Click here for update. Is watching a shuttle launch on your bucket list? There are only two shuttle launches left to go. The youngest of NASA's space shuttles is about to retire. Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for launch at 1:47 pm Mountain Time on Friday, April 29. This will be the shuttle's 25th journey in 19 years. Read Mo

If you haven't heard yet, there's a big, bright moon on tonight. In Cheyenne, it was tough to photograph at about 8 pm Saturday, but we tried. It's rising in the east, behind some lingering cloud cover.