Space

Ana Luisa Monge-Naranjo and Bruce James Callow show us that dreams we had as kids do come true. In their book "Hacia las estrellas: Costa Rica en la NASA" (“From the stars: Costa Rica in the NASA”) they tell the stories of 13 Costa Ricans who have reached for the stars and fulfilled their dream of working for the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

Costa Rica is the only country in Central America that grants scholarships for students to attend the Space School program.

A snorkeling accident leads Tico Times contributer and space education advocate Bruce Callow to meet two new Costa Rican NASA superstars: Alejandro (Alex) and Joseph Mora.

Tico engineers will be responsible for the satellite's final assembly that will take place here during the second half of this year.

Every day around noon until April 18, shadows will be nearly imperceptible in Costa Rica thanks to the shifting tilt of the earth's axis.

Officials of the Costa Rica-based Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) on Monday announced they will launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise $75,000 needed to orbit the first Costa Rica satellite, a small device called picosatellite.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson talks with The Tico Times about where he thought NASA would be today 30 years after going into space and Costa Rica's goal of becoming a player in space exploration.

Scientists will hold a press conference Thursday to discuss the latest in their hunt for gravitational waves, whose existence Albert Einstein predicted in his theory of general relativity 100 years ago.

Costa Rica will host the workshop on Human Space Technology of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), March 7-11.

David Bowie's death has plunged fans around the world into grief, but his music lives on -- not only on Earth but also in space.