Gizmo Watch

Being in the ranks of an astronaut doesn’t come easy. And sorting those endless instructions and gear knobs on the space shuttle mustn’t be easy too – ask someone whose been in there, he will tell you better. To simplify things in there,...

The only thing that stands between space tourism making it into the mainstream is the actual cost of launching a spacecraft. Well, if things go as planned we’ll be witnessing a low-cost-reusable-sexy-looking rocket named Skylon in less than 10...

Of the thousands of “Once in a lifetime opportunity” ads you see on television and read in the papers, this one could actually be it. It’s not every day that a person gets a chance to own a Space Shuttle, but NASA is offering that to schools,...

NASA's Space Shuttle will fly for one last time on May 31. After the Space Shuttle makes that final journey, Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis retire four months after that. There were originally five shuttles but two never returned. Scientists at...

The LEGOs can’t get any better than this; it is the ideal LEGO freaks dream. Not those small blocks at work this time around, but large blocks which have all gathered, as though to celebrate the making of a Jumbo Space Shuttle. The purpose of course..

Apparently, the Columbia has forced NASA to come out with more advanced heat shields made of robust material that can sustain extreme temperatures when a space shuttle re-enters Earth's atmosphere. The new high-tech materials under development will be...