Mona Lisa Goes to the Moon

By Krystle Drew at 1:15 PM on January 18, 2013

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa went to the moon (well, into lunar orbit) and back yesterday from Maryland’s Goddard Space Flight Center. And you thought you were well travelled....  read more

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Listen to the First Song Recorded in Space

By Shaina Pearlman at 12:30 PM on December 28, 2012

With everything man has been able to do in space, it’s a little surprising that there are still firsts, but astronaut Chris Hadfield recently took it upon himself to check another one off the list: recording a song on the International Space Station. Posted on YouTube Christmas Eve, the station fans buzz in the background as Hadfield sings his original song “Jewel in the Night” backed by an acoustic guitar. “So bright / jewel in the night / there in my window below / so bright / dark as the night / with all of our cities aglow.” Check out...  read more

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Mickey Hart Forms New Band

By Paste News at 4:22 PM on August 22, 2011

Percussionist Mickey Hart, formerly one of the dual drummers in psychedelic rock stalwarts The Grateful Dead, announced Friday that he is forming a new group, The Mickey Hart Band.  read more

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Echo and the Bunnymen Blast into Space

By Rachel Dovey at 8:45 AM on May 20, 2009

Following in the footsteps of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Echo and the Bunnymen are taking a NASA-sponsored jaunt into space. Not that Ian McCulloch and the gang are actually planning to blast off in body. Colonel Timothy L. Korpa will be bringing Ocean Rain, the Bunnymen's 1984 album, along with him on his upcoming three-month tour aboard the International Space Station....  read more

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Stephen Colbert denied space-station wing, given treadmill

By Liz Stinson at 11:53 AM on April 16, 2009

The votes were counted, a democratic decision made. In a landslide victory, Stephen Colbert wrangled more than 230,000 votes to have a third wing of the International Space Station named after him....  read more

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Stephen Colbert may get space-station namesake honor

By Rachel Dovey at 12:08 PM on March 25, 2009

Stephen Colbert already has a spider, a bald eagle and a Ben & Jerry's flavor (Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream) named after him. For most people, that would be enough, but the comedian with the perpetually raised eyebrow is shooting for the moon—literally. He's just won a landslide vote to have a room in NASA's International Space Station christened the "Colbert."...  read more

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