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Growing up in Pomona, NASA astronaut Victor Glover never dreamed his career would take him to space. “My sights were not set anywhere near that high, but

At 468 days in space, Buzz Lightyear has spent the longest time ever in space on a single mission.

Space Shuttle Endeavor will one day have a $400 million new home that will welcome guests to the California Science Center, South of downtown Los Angeles.

Of the three shuttles left, Endeavour will be the only one displayed upright, at the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.

It is a sight that gave astronauts a reason to pause, and soon it will be one that the public can see for themselves at the California Science Center: a space shuttle standing poised for launch.

Gene Monin writes U.S. astronauts among those living and working with 2 Russian cosmonauts in the International Space Station

With the recent advances in space travel, what was once the exclusive playground of governments has shifted to ultra-rich mavericks. And they’re just getting started.

The new Space Age — game of the hyper-rich © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved “…2011 might, in the history books of the future, be seen as the year when the space cadets’ dream finally died. It marks the end of America’s space shuttle programme, whose last mission is planned to launch on July 8th [2011]. The shuttle was supposed to be a reusable truck that would make the business of putting people into orbit quotidian. Instead, it has been nothing but trouble. Twic...