Space Why do cosmonauts piss on a wheel of the bus transporting them to the launch pad? David Pescovitz

Science Today is the anniversary of the first woman in space David Pescovitz

Space Two Italian brothers claimed to have recorded dying Soviet cosmonauts that Moscow erased from history Ellsworth Toohey

television The best sci-fi show you aren't watching is getting a spin-off Gail Sherman

History The Soviets mastered photo manipulation long before the age of Photoshop Carolyn Townsend

gadgets Apple's new MacBook comes in black Rob Beschizza

Space Russia launching mission to rescue astronauts stranded in space David Pescovitz

Soyuz spacecraft has sprung a bad leak while docked at the International Space Station (video) David Pescovitz

music Listen to an hour-long remix of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" David Pescovitz

Space the final frontier Russia to withdraw cooperation from ISS over economic sanctions Jason Weisberger

Space the final frontier Roscosmos shares an odd video implying they may abandon the ISS program Jason Weisberger

Space China's private space exploration industry is booming Thom Dunn

Space Space beer: coming soon to an unforgiving airless void near you Séamus Bellamy

Soviet Space Dogs Jason Weisberger

salt Scientists stunned by new findings about salt's effects on body Mark Frauenfelder

NASA ISS crew forced to take shelter from hazardous space junk. Again. Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow