Gravity (Warner Brothers, M) I really wanted to agree with Time’s assessment of Gravity. Time called the film, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, “the best movie of the year” before it won seven Oscars
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Have You Seen the Horse Sex Movie?
The sex scene in the documentary Zoo, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance film festival, lasts less than 10 seconds. The grainy footage follows lush shots of nature set to moody music and a thoughtful voiceover discussion of the nature of love
NASA’s Ares rocket set for test flight
For the first time in decades, a rocket instead of a space shuttle is occupying launchpad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Bad weather delays space shuttle landing again
The space shuttle Discovery was waved off from its first chance to land Friday afternoon because of unstable weather near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA said. The shuttle will make another orbit of Earth, while NASA mission managers watch to see if extreme moisture and lightning threaten a safe landing
Shuttle Discovery landing scrubbed for Thursday
The space shuttle Discovery will stay aloft another day after NASA mission managers scrubbed its second and final opportunity to land Thursday, citing bad weather near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The next landing opportunity for Discovery will come shortly before 6 p.m.
Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off after several postponements
The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off en route to the international space station Wednesday evening after several days of weather delays. The shuttle took off at 6:03 p.m
Shuttle set to launch after 24-hour delay
NASA began preparing for a launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday, a day after liftoff was postponed over concerns of possible effects from a lightning storm. External tank fueling began just before 10 a.m. Sunday, with a planned launch time of 7:13 p.m., NASA said
NASA delays shuttle launch after nearby lightning
NASA said Saturday it has postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for at least 24 hours after lightning struck nearly a dozen times near the launch pad. “We need to be 100 percent confident that we have a good system across the board …
New map shows 99 percent of Earth’s terrain
NASA and Japan improved our world view this week, or at least our view of the world. The American space agency and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry have released a new digital topographic map of Earth that accurately portrays more of our planet than ever before.
Space shuttle launch now set for Wednesday
NASA has rescheduled the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for 5:40 a.m. ET Wednesday, pushing back the planned launch of a separate lunar mission. The shuttle had been set to launch Saturday, but a gaseous hydrogen leak forced postponement