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Time for another giant leap into space

NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives at John F.

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives at John F. Kennedy Airport. (April 27, 2012)

Let's go somewhere fun.

How does Mars sound? Or Pluto? I don't care, anywhere that's far, different and feels like somewhere once we get there. For a good long while now, NASA has been having trouble getting the trip-planning formula quite right.

It's been almost 43 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon. And where has NASA been flying lately? Oh, right. I almost forgot. Until recently,...

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