Jul 13 U.S., China, U.A.E to send fleet of spacecrafts to Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time. The U.S., China and the United Arab Emirates are sending spacecraft to Mars in quick succession beginning this week. Continue reading
Jul 01 NASA delays Mars rover launch again with 2 weeks left to fly By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The good news is that NASA is working to eke out more time in this summer's launch opportunity, now lasting until at least Aug. 15. The chance to fly to Mars comes up only every 26 months, when Earth and… Continue reading
Jun 25 NASA names D.C. headquarters for ‘Hidden Figures’ engineer, Mary Jackson By Associated Press NASA is naming its headquarters in Washington after the space agency's first African American female engineer. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Federal appeals court orders Flynn case dismissed In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal appeals court ordered criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn be dismissed. The judges ruled 2 to 1 in favor of the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case. Also, Wisconsin's… Continue watching
Jun 17 NASA’s next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press With just another month until liftoff, the space agency on Wednesday revealed a commemorative plate attached to the rover, aptly named Perseverance. Continue reading
May 31 SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The docking occurred just 19 hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Saturday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, the nation’s first astronaut launch to orbit from home soil in nearly a decade. Continue reading
May 30 SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil… Continue reading
May 27 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: NASA scrubs rocket launch due to storms In our news wrap Wednesday, NASA had to scrub the first launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade due to bad weather. Storms kept the SpaceX rocket stalled at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but the crew… Continue watching
May 27 Bad weather postpones SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts from Florida By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with 16 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the danger of lightning. Continue reading
May 27 Trump scraps plan to speak at space center after launch postponed By Kevin Freking, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press With just 16 minutes to go in the countdown, the launch was scrubbed because of the danger of lightning. Continue reading