by Stevie Smith
A social networking site is set to reach out to alien civilisations

Networking with extraterrestrials

by Walter Putnam
A museum in Georgia houses the body of the mysterious Monkey From Mars, which helped add to the UFO madness of the 50s.

Mars once inhabited by monkeys

by Dean Terry
On this day, in 1983, Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

by Dean Terry
On this day, 45 years ago, on June 16, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched into space aboard the Vostok 6, becoming the first woman to visit outer space. She spent three days aloft before returning safely to earth.

Tereshkova in
a 1963 photo