‘Museums Free for All’ in So Cal this weekend

The Getty Villa (Credit: Bobak Ha'Eri/Wikimedia)

This weekend’s rainy weather is cooperating with at least one event occurring across Southern California — the eighth annual “Museums [...] Read More

Oh, the places you’ll go: Summer learning hot spots

Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, near Pasadena features lush, themed gardens. (Credit: Wikimedia)

Summer is the perfect time to schedule family day trips to interesting places with educational value, like museums, science centers, [...] Read More

We have lift off! Endeavour blasts off for final flight

FILE PHOTO-Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning for a trip to the International Space Station. It is the 30-year-old program's penultimate flight, with the 135th and final flight scheduled for July with the launch of Atlantis. (Steve Jurvetson/Creative Commons)

The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off today on its final flight, after which the orbiter will embark on a new [...] Read More

Endeavor scheduled for lift off Monday

Endeavour is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:56 a.m. Pacific time Monday for a trip to the International Space Station. It is the 30-year-old program's penultimate flight, with the 135th and final flight scheduled for July with the launch of Atlantis. (Steve Jurvetson/Creative Commons)

NASA made final preparations Sunday to send Endeavour on its last flight, after which the orbiter will get a new [...] Read More

Space shuttle Endeavour will retire at California Science Center

Endeavour is scheduled to launch on its final mission April 29. The mission commander will be astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot earlier this year in Tucson. Read More