The Week in Space

(Spaceflightnow, Mar. 27, 2010) — "VSS Enterprise" takes flight, and "space for the rest of us" moves a step forward. The Martian Rite of Spring commences, while the folks at JPL in Pasadena prep a "rover on steroids" for departure to the Red Planet. The Wizard Nebula is ready for its close-up, there's Roller Derby on Saturn's rings, Discovery is "go" for launch with orbital Olympics. And the crew of STS-134 prepares to go where no one has gone before. Finally, Buzz "Twinkle-Toes" Aldrin wows the judges on "Dancing with the Stars" -- or not.

• New crew launches to Space Station on Russian rocket
• New space photography record set
• Rare twilight Shuttle launch visible along Eastern US
• Astronauts "spacewalk" without spacesuits in cosmic prank
• South Korean rocket will launch again in June
• How to spot the hiding Moon