International Space Station

We really live in a pretty amazing place.

Email, flat-screen TVs, the International Space Station... check out these 9 things that didn't exist the last time the Detroit Lions played for the NFC Championship.

If your birthday is in January, there is a good chance you could be sharing it with one of these famous people who were born or lived in Michigan.

It's been 45 years since the last one, but on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020, NASA astronauts returned to earth with an ocean splash down in the Gulf of Mexico.

This is the first time in almost a decade that the U.S. will be going to space.

History will be made, October 21st.

The International Space Station will be visible to the naked eye in Grand Rapids through July 27th!

Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a friendly hello to residents of Detroit from 249 miles up in space Wednesday. Kelly snapped a photo of the city, the Detroit River, Windsor and part of Belle Isle from the International Space Station and shared it via Twitter along with his greeting "#Detroit. Pleased to make your acquaintance. #YearInSpace."

Explosions are cool. That is particularly true when they’re scientific explosions that don’t injure anyone.

NASA endured a massive failure on Tuesday. An unmanned Antares rocket, intended to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, exploded seconds after launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

It was only a matter of time before the Vine thing got to space. Here it is, for historical purposes:  The first ever Vine posted from space!  Reid Wiseman is now the first person to ever post a Vine from space.  Will this be commemorated with a national holiday or something?  Probably not, but it's still one of the cooler things to check out on Vine.

The moon orbits Earth at about 238,855 miles. The International Space Station orbits Earth at about 260 miles. That's quite a difference. So, what would it look like if they switched, and the moon orbited the Earth at 260 miles?