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First American woman in space promotes careers in science (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
American physicist Sally Ride achieved lasting fame in June 1983 when she became the first American woman to travel in space as a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

We've given up on space (USA Today)
Tell that to my 5-year-old daughter, writes Peter Salgo. We need to save manned space exploration for the next generation.

Space Photos This Week: Sun Plume, Moon Lander, More (National Geographic)
A satellite sees an oncoming iceberg smashup, an artist re-creates a Saturn moon lander's arrival, a Mars orbiter celebrates a milestone, and more in this week's best space pictures.

Office space (New York Post)
With flexible hours and a lot of independence, working from home can be a great luxury, especially when your home office is comfortable and efficient. Here are five simple steps you can take to make your office the most productive space in your house. * Make it work Assess what you...

Cheap warehouse space attracts new business (Redlands Daily Facts)
Businesses are beginning to migrate to Redlands for cheaper warehouse space - and more of it. Bayer CropScience, a division of the German aspirin maker, signed a lease for more than 100,000 square feet of industrial space in ProLogis Park Redlands in February.

Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had (Wired News)
A new book lovingly collects and presents the unexpectedly gorgeous advertisements of early, pre-Apollo space companies. The author of "Another Science Fiction" explains this fascinating, forgotten world of unbounded possibility, countercultural space exploration, and what it all means for human spaceflight today in this exclusive interview with Wired.com.

China space program selects first women astronauts (MSNBC)
A Chinese proverb says women hold up half the sky. In the future, they'll be doing it from space.

CORRECTED: First American woman in space promotes careers in (MSNBC)
Corrects headline to clarify first American woman in space

FilmDayton leasing space at Convention Center to promote local film industry (Dayton Daily News)
DAYTON — FilmDayton will be leasing space in the Dayton Convention Center to promote the growth of the film industry in the region. The non-profit organization will pay the city $2,000 for the office space. The lease agreement, also approved by the City Commission on Wednesday, expires on Feb. 1, 2011, according to city records.The goal of FilmDayton is to support local film makers with grants ...

U.S. plan to encourage private companies to run 'space taxis' for astronauts (Berkeley Voice - Albany Journal)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting to space is about to be outsourced. The Obama administration on Monday will propose in its new budget spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others.