Vote Now! Top Space Stories of the Week - Jan. 20, 2013
Inside NASA's Deal for an Inflatable Space Station Room
NASA and Bigelow Aerospace will unveil details today about plans to add a privately built inflatable module to the International Space Station under a $17.8 billion deal. [Full Story]
NEXT: Hubble Telescope to Snap 6 New 'Deep Field' Views of Universe
Hubble Telescope to Snap 6 New 'Deep Field' Views of Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope is planning to take six new versions of its famous "Deep Field" image, focusing on new blank patches of sky that could reveal untold distant galaxies. [Full Story]
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