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
Mar 05 WATCH: NASA reveals name of next Mars rover By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The next rover that NASA plans to send to our red, celestial neighbor will be called “Perseverance,” a name proposed by Alex Mather, a seventh grade student from Virginia. Continue reading
Feb 27 Biggest explosion seen in universe came from colossal black hole By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The explosion was so large it carved out a crater in the hot gas that could hold 15 Milky Ways. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 4:20 News Wrap: In Germany, man drives car into crowd of revelers, injuring dozens In our news wrap Monday, a man in the German town of Volkmarsen drove his car into a parade, injuring around 30 people, including children. Police say the driver deliberately hit the revelers, some of whom were seriously hurt. Also,… Continue watching
Feb 24 Mars lander confirms quakes, aftershocks on red planet By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet. Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, celebrated in ‘Hidden Figures,’ dead at 101 Johnson was one of the so-called “computers” who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits by hand during NASA’s early years. Continue reading
Feb 12 WATCH: Astronaut Christina Koch discusses her record-long spaceflight By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Watch astronaut Christina Koch discuss her record-breaking 328 day space walk for the first time from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Continue reading
Feb 10 Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture first look at sun’s poles By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter has rocketed away on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's poles. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:00 SpaceX and OneWeb face off in quest for internet domination In what has already been a busy year in space, the London-based telecommunications company, OneWeb, on Friday launched a second round of satellites into orbit in a bid to expand global internet coverage. The launch followed the return of NASA… Continue watching