Space stuff

3 Reasons to Visit Space Center Houston this Weekend

This Saturday brings special activities to celebrate International Science Center and Science Museum Day at Space Center Houston.

11/09/2018 By Laraib Hashmi

Ice House

Who Was Neil Armstrong?

Learn more about the first man on the moon from his relics at a Dallas auction this month.

10/22/2018 By Dianna Wray

Out of This World

Scenes from a Space-Age Soirée

Martians and martinis have a moment at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft's cosmic-themed benefit.

09/26/2018 By Abby Ledoux

NASA-ing it up

NASA Head Wants to Go Commercial

Will the federal space agency of the future get us to Mars with ... ads?

09/13/2018 By Drew Jones

Boldly Going

NASA's New Horizons Continues to Capture New Images of the Solar System

The probe is already taking pictures as it approaches the next Kuiper Belt target.

09/06/2018 By Drew Jones

I Need Space

Coach and NASA Meet for a Stellar Collection

Repping Space City has never been trendier.

07/06/2018 By Anna Lassmann

News

The Future of the Johnson Space Center Is Up in the Air

Long the home for manned spaceflight in the U.S., Houston’s Johnson Space Center is struggling to maintain its position in a new era. Meet the team advocating for its future—and Space City’s—in Washington, D.C.

06/22/2018 By Dianna Wray

Ice House

How Does Space Affect the Human Body? Baylor College of Medicine Is Trying to Find Out

The world's first (and only) Center for Space Medicine is dedicated to the cause.

03/28/2018 By Nicki Koetting

Add to Calendar

52 Weekends of Family Fun

Your year with the youngsters, planned.

12/29/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Pew Pew

ISS Astronauts Will Probably See the New Star Wars Before You

NASA confirmed the space station will screen Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

12/15/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Spaaaaace

NASA's Juno Probe Captures Incredible Images of Jupiter

The pictures of Jupiter, called "Jupiter Blues," look like if Monet had a rocket and a really expensive camera.

12/11/2017 By Dianna Wray

Rise above

Holocaust Zine Vedem Will Soar Into Space

“I see in that image the spirit Petr Ginz had — the dream of escape, and also the dream to bring other people with them."

10/09/2017 By Brittanie Shey

Space Jam

Space Center Houston Launches Campaign to Restore Historic Mission Control

Historic Mission Control is taking a trip back to 1969, when Neil Armstrong took the first step on the moon.

08/10/2017 By Cara Maines

Shoot for the Moon

We Tried (and Failed) to Conquer Houston's New Apollo 13-Themed Escape Room

If Escape Hunt Houston's new room seems like rocket science, that's because it is.

07/19/2017 By Cara Maines and Allyson Waller

The Right Stuff

The New Women of NASA

Four extraordinary women make up half of NASA’s most recent astronaut class—and they may go to Mars.

05/31/2016 By Steven Devadanam

Music

See Space Up Close and Personal with the Houston Symphony's Final Show This Season

As part of a trilogy, Cosmos—An HD Odyssey combines images of outers pace with classical music.

05/26/2016 By Laura Gillespie

Men of Style

Scott Kelly Is the Latest Astronaut to Get in the Watch Endorsement Game

Why pay Roger Federer when science's biggest rockstars will wear your watches in space?

04/05/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Mars Volta

Imagining Life On Mars

In The Interview: Red, Red Planet, at CAMH, artist MPA imagines a not-so-distant colonization of our outer space neighbor.

02/26/2016 By Nick Esquer

Science Talk

Showing Pluto Some Love

The dwarf planet gets some much-deserved affection at HMNS.

08/07/2015 By Nick Esquer

Slideshow

George Clooney and Omega Bring Space Chic to Sugar Land

Astronauts, movie stars and mega watches, oh my!

05/13/2015