60 years after first American goes to space, you can now buy ticket out of this worldBlue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, will begin to sell tickets for sightseeing space visits Wednesday.
First American in space, Alan Shepard, used astronaut diaper before liftoff in 1961NASA chose Alan Shepard, Jr. to be the first American to enter space inside the Freedom 7 capsule on May 5, 1961.usatoday.com
Empty gallery gives space to restore monumental paintingA painting by Edinburgh-born artist Robert Scott Lauder is the focus of a major conservation project.bbc.co.uk
What’s that thing orbiting the Earth in 90 minutes? A guide to what the International Space Station is, does
