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Comedian Stephen Colbert won as write-in candidate to have the new International Space Station section (currently called “Node 3″) named after him. Not NASA’s choice In second place was the name “Serenity”. The choice of the name “Colbert”, however, probably has people at NASA feeling less than serene. The contest is not binding, however, and [...]

You probably don’t remember the name Pavel Popovich. He was big news in 1962. That’s a long time ago, and more memorable space achievement occurred both before and after his historic flight. But in August 1962, Popovich piloted the fourth manned Soviet space mission, Vostok 4. The year before, Yuri Gagarin became the first man [...]

The crew of the International Space Station is scheduled to increase from 3 to 6. And, at that point, there may be no “rooms at the inn” for space tourists who pay upwards of $20 million for a visit. Your Seat Is Taken And the Russian Space Agency suggests that, after this year, there may [...]