Through the years, numerous movies have been made that portray the journeys of astronauts in space. Now NASA is hoping the new George Clooney film Gravity will help boost the interest of the public in space activities.
NASA has lost another of their pioneer astronauts, as Scott Carpenter passed away at age 88. The former astronaut, author, fighter and loving husband and father died due to complications after having suffered from a stroke last September.
SpaceX has launched a more powerful and well equipped Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday so as to place a new Canadian satellite into space along with five other tinier payloads for research. It aims to carry more astronauts easily to the space station.
