Dec 05 NASA’s Orion capsule flies over Apollo landing sites, heads home By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight. The capsule and its test dummies came within 80 miles of the far side of the moon Monday. Continue reading
Nov 30 NASA cancels plans for costly greenhouse gas monitoring satellite By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated. Continue reading
Nov 28 WATCH: NASA gives update on Artemis 1 moon mission after almost 2 weeks in space By Associated Press NASA held an Artemis I mission status briefing Monday to preview Orion's distant retrograde orbit departure on Dec. 1 and recovery assets preparations for Dec. 11 splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading
Nov 25 NASA’s Orion capsule enters lunar orbit By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It will remain in this broad but stable orbit for nearly a week, before heading home. As of Friday, the capsule was 238,000 miles from Earth and is expected to reach a maximum distance of almost 270,000 miles in a… Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch 4:45 News Wrap: Indonesia earthquake kills at least 162 people In our news wrap Monday, rolling blackouts spread across Ukraine with half of the country's power systems knocked out by Russian air strikes, an earthquake in Indonesia killed at least 162 people, millions are under lockdown in China facing a… Continue watching
Nov 21 NASA’s Orion capsule slingshots around moon, last big step before lunar orbit By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the far side and passing within about 80 miles. The close approach occurred Monday as the crew capsule and its three test dummies were on the far side of the moon. Continue reading
Nov 18 3 things NASA is testing for its future moon base camp By Justin Stabley Less than 40 miles from the Grand Canyon, NASA has been testing what daily life on the moon might feel like, including the commute. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 5:59 NASA’s Artemis rocket finally lifts off after political, financial, technical delays By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin For the first time in half a century, NASA is starting to make its way back to a lunar landing. The Artemis rocket was finally able to launch early Wednesday morning after prior delays, sending an unmanned capsule around the… Continue watching
Nov 15 WATCH: Artemis rocket blasts off in big step toward returning astronauts to the moon By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's new moon rocket successfully launched on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 27 2 NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes recorded on Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Scientists reported Thursday that last year's barrages sent seismic surface waves rippling thousands of miles across Mars, the first ever detected near the surface of another planet. Continue reading