Space Why do cosmonauts piss on a wheel of the bus transporting them to the launch pad? David Pescovitz
Technology NASA uses 450,000 gallons of water to shield launch vehicles from acoustic damage Rob Beschizza
timelapse A stunning timelapse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch flying over Arizona Rusty Blazenhoff
media theory UK press doesn't understand chemistry or Amazon, launches bomb-making panic Cory Doctorow
picks NASA launches OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission now speeding toward Bennu rendezvous Xeni Jardin
Russian cargo ship tumbling around in space is pretty much doomed to fall back to Earth at this point Xeni Jardin