Oct 04 Thousands of California wells dry up amid megadrought By Terry Chea, Associated Press As California's drought deepens, more rural communities are running out of water. Continue reading
Sep 09 NASA to potentially reattempt Artemis 1 launch in late September By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA is replacing leaky seals in its moon rocket at the pad in hopes of launching it on its first test flight by the end of this month. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch 2:57 News Wrap: Test launch for Artemis 1 moon mission postponed again In our news wrap Saturday, NASA's Artemis moon mission has been postponed a second time, excessive heat is scorching the West Coast and fueling wildfires, nine migrants were found dead after trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas, former… Continue watching
Sep 03 Fuel leak disrupts NASA's 2nd attempt at Artemis launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 8:22 Years late and billions over budget, NASA's most powerful rocket finally set for takeoff By Miles O'Brien If all goes as planned, NASA will launch a rocket to return to the moon Saturday afternoon. This first phase will send an unmanned capsule to lunar orbit and back, but NASA wants humans to land on the moon in… Continue watching
Sep 02 WATCH: NASA officials hold news briefing on next attempt at ground-breaking Artemis launch By Associated Press NASA is aiming for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try. Continue reading
Sep 01 WATCH: NASA holds news briefing on upcoming Artemis launch By Associated Press The agency will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week. Continue reading
Aug 31 U.N. weather agency predicts rare third consecutive La Nina in 2022 By Associated Press The U.N. weather agency is predicting the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious "triple dip" — the first this century — caused by three straight years of its effect… Continue reading
Aug 29 NASA's Artemis 1 launch postponed following engine problem By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket was set to lift off Monday morning from Florida with three test dummies aboard on its first flight, a mission to propel a capsule into orbit around the moon. Continue reading
Aug 29 WATCH: NASA officials give briefing on postponement of new Artemis moon rocket launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after a last-minute cascade of problems culminating in unexplained trouble related to an engine. Continue reading