Apr 30 NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decades By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop and build lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2024, and ultimately on to Mars. Continue reading
Apr 30 Alabama student names NASA’s first Mars helicopter By Associated Press Ingenuity, the name submitted by Vaneeza Rupani, was selected for the 4 pound (1.8 kilograms) solar-powered helicopter, NASA said in a statement on Wednesday. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 2:35 News Wrap: Ukraine wildfires cause surge in air pollution near Kyiv In our news wrap Friday, smoke from wildfires outside Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv has elevated its air pollution levels to the highest in the world. The fires erupted earlier this month, burning close to the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant. Also,… Continue watching
Apr 17 U.S.-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan By Daria Litvinova, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press A U.S.-Russian crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan following a stint on the International Space Station and was greeted with extra precautions due to the coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 14 Decades since the last great comet show, a promising candidate breaks down By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The comet, known as C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), has shown signs of falling apart, and is no longer expected to treat stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere to a spectacular show. Continue reading
Apr 09 Apollo 13’s most famous quotes originated in Hollywood By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Apollo 13's best known quotes originated not in space or Mission Control, but in Hollywood. Continue reading
Apr 09 ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’: Remembering Apollo 13 at 50 By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A half-century later, Apollo 13 is still considered Mission Control’s finest hour. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 5:03 Astronaut Christina Koch on women in space and 11 months without gravity For nearly a year, astronaut Christina Koch was away from the planet, working on the International Space Station and orbiting Earth more than 5,200 times. Her mission was the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman and the second longest for… Continue watching
Mar 18 Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88 By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press As command module pilot, Worden remained in lunar orbit while Scott and Irwin descended to the surface with the Apollo program's first moon buggy. Continue reading
Mar 11 It’s cloudy with a chance of iron rain on this distant planet By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press According to the researchers, there's no telling whether it's a steady drizzle or downpour, or what else might be raining down besides iron. Continue reading