Very Houston News

Don’t Let One Guy on Twitter Lie to You: Houston’s in the South

Plus, shoot for the stars. Even if you miss, at least you have a cool spaceport.

06/11/2021 By Catherine Wendlandt

Houston, We Have ... a Spaceport?

Houston's Spaceport to Become Axiom's Home for Constructing Its Commercial Space Station

Pending City Council approval, the commercial space company will make Ellington Airport its official headquarters.

12/23/2020 By Dianna Wray

Will they get mars bars?

Update: First U.S. Commercial Spacecraft, “Resilience,” to Launch November 14

The historic flight will inaugurate a new era in ISS operations, 20 years after the first mission left Earth’s orbit.

10/27/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Come hang out on my island

4 Houston-related Video Games to Help You Remember the Outside World

Who needs real life anyway?

05/28/2020 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

To Infinity and Beyond

History Is On Hold As Weather Delays the SpaceX Launch

The history-making mission will also be the first time a private company has sent humans into space

05/25/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Snapshots From Galaxies Far, Far Away

Scoping Out The Sky: 30 Years of the Hubble Telescope

The world’s most famous telescope celebrates three decades and thousands of images this weekend.

04/24/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Houston, We Have An Anniversary

UPDATED: 7 At-Home Activities To Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13

Space Center Houston may be closed, but there's still plenty of ways to celebrate NASA's "successful failure."

04/13/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Spacing Out

Who Will Build the First Commercial Space Station?

If everything goes according to plan, Houston-based Axiom Space may start sending people to space starting in 2021.

10/28/2019 By Dianna Wray

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If You’re Not Flying the International Space Station and Advocating for Type 1 Diabetes, Are You Really Living?

Meet April Blackwell, an aerospace engineer who does both on the daily.

10/24/2019 By Gabi De la Rosa

Fly Me to the Moon

5 Ways to Have Your Own Moon Moment

It's Space City—an Apollo 11 anniversary celebration is mandatory.

07/19/2019 By Abby Ledoux

A Royal Honor

Royal Habsburg Family Honors Former Congressman Lampson for NASA Advocacy

NASA, lawmakers, and European royalty intersected when the Habsburgs of Austria celebrated five-term congressman Nick Lampson.

07/19/2019 By Schaefer Edwards

Moonshot

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, July 19–21

Dogs, moon landings, and more.

07/18/2019 By Morgan Kinney

The room where it happened

You Can Now Walk Around the Apollo Mission Control Room at Space Center Houston

Thanks to the town of Webster, a Kickstarter campaign, and help from many, many Houstonians, the room looks exactly as it did when Neil Armstrong touched down on the moon.

06/25/2019 By Dianna Wray

The Drawl

4 Cocktails You Should Drink to Remember the Moon Landing

Bartenders across town have concocted a variety of NASA-centric offerings to help Houston celebrate that “one small step” right.

06/25/2019 By Dianna Wray

Star Power

Why Were Hugh Jackman, Diane Kruger, and Other Celebrities at the Lone Star Flight Museum This Week?

Answer: A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing, of course—oh, and the launch of Montblanc's reimagined StarWalker pen.

06/13/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Ice House

Apollo 11, By the Numbers

The moon landing was one giant leap for Houston. (And, fine, all mankind.)

05/24/2019 By Dianna Wray

Blast Off

Orangetheory—Yes, Orangetheory—Wants to Help with the Historic All-Female Spacewalk NASA Had to Scrap

Astronaut Anne McClain, a member of Orangetheory's Webster studio, was shut out of the historic moment when there weren't enough fitting spacesuits readily available for Friday's mission.

03/27/2019 By Abby Ledoux